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Some cars are just good—not the kind of good that impresses a large audience simply by virtue of its badge or the expensive toys and electronics it comes with, but the kind of good meant to cater to a car enthusiast whose tastes are slowly disappearing from the market. The 2020 Honda Civic Si is one of those cars.

“I think I’m going to fly home. I can’t take this anymore,” Brandon mumbled as he sat slouched in the corner of a Denver bar. It was approaching midnight, and my friend was in shambles, his spirits having been crushed by 12 straight hours of extreme, high-intensity wrenching on the rare, manual transmission Jeep Grand…

While modern agriculture is filled with very modern technology, farmers have been butting heads with some of the biggest farm equipment builders over tech issues, specifically the fight for their own rights to repair equipment they own. This has led to strange, maybe not-so-legal hacking of farmers’ own equipment with…

Suzuki still makes cars, just sadly not for America. A good one is the Suzuki Swift Sport Katana widebody coming to this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, based on the recently revived Suzuki Katana motorcycle. I’ve just got one big problem with this widebody hatchback, though.

There is something very satisfying about seeing Fernando Alonso, the two-time champion in F1, where the driver is just a tiny part of a gigantic team of engineers, lying in the sand helping fix his busted Toyota in the Dakar.

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Mercedes-Benz presented a simultaneous throwback and a spectacular look at its vision for the future. Behold, the Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR—a concept car that’s inspired by James Cameron’s 2009 cinematic smash hit, Avatar.

Ford’s plan to kill off its cars has been a perplexing thing since news of it came out in early 2018, and remains so nearly two years later. That’s underscored by Ford’s own sales reports, because even as crossover and SUV sales continue to skyrocket, the Ford Fusion sedan still pours out of the dealership lot.

The Carlos Ghosn drama takes another turn, Aston Martin isn’t doing so hot, and China might no longer be the saving grace that GM has long counted on. All that and more in The Morning Shift for January 7, 2020.

I know we all lamented the painful eight inches of cowardice that was added to Durham, North Carolina’s famous 11-foot, eight-inch bridge, in an effort to cause less sardine-canning of various trucks and trailers that foolishly ignore the height restrictions of the bridge. Thankfully, though, it seems our worries may…

This school bus at The Henry Ford Museum is from 1927 might just be the oldest still existing in the U.S. Brings back school day memories for the majority of you, doesn’t it?

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.

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The seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 928S claims it to be a special order euro model and it does rock a color combo that’s pretty unique. Let’s see if that, and its condition, make its price seem pretty run of the mill.

CES has always been about one-upmanship among automotive OEMs. Who can show off the coolest, newest, tech-iest. Toyota has laid waste to the entire field of comers this year by announcing that it would build the biggest tech accessory of all time, an entire goddamn city! Toyota is calling its planned 175-acre city at…

Sony surprised more than a few people in Las Vegas Monday evening with the unveiling of its new Vision-S concept car on the opening night of the consumer electronics show. The concept is meant to showcase Sony’s technology in the transportation and mobility segment, incorporating imaging and sensing hardware, onboard…

For the second year in a row the Mazda team has come out on top in testing for the Rolex 24 at Daytona later this month, with ace driver Olivier Pla running a whopping half-second quicker lap than last year’s record-breaker. Pla ran fastest of all this weekend, setting an impressive 1:33.324 lap time. This is compared…

A significant piece of legislation is currently making its way through the process in New Jersey right now aiming to make the Garden State one of the most EV friendly states in the union. The bill would aim to increase the number of electric cars sold in the state by giving buyers up to $5,000 in tax incentives and…

If your car’s more than 10 years old and you’ve never lubricated its locks, I bet this cheap and simple job will make your keys seem to magically work better. So here’s a rundown of two common types of lock lube, and my findings after field-testing both.

Exactly 31,514 Nissan Titans (sorry, TITANs) were sold last year, or 37.5 percent fewer Titans than were sold in 2018, when 50,540 Titans were sold. While some people might be waiting for the “refresh” on 2020 Titans, that doesn’t totally explain such a huge drop off.

In the 15 years Jalopnik’s been online, we have watched all kinds of cars go into production, but let’s be real, some are more important than others. Our definition of “important” here is as simple as we can make it: significant on a grand scale in terms of impact on the auto industry, on car design, on culture as a…