Новости за 04.01.2023

Southwest is pulling out all the stops to try and make it up to the customers affected by the airline’s holiday follies. The airline’s latest gift to customers who are still waiting for refunds for their canceled flights is a bonus 25,000 points, The Wall Street Journal reports, with the added benefit that the points…

Chinese automaker BYD outsold Tesla by a wide margin last year with the help of its inexpensive electric cars. BYD has now become the biggest EV maker in the world, according to the South China Morning Post, but only when accounting for its sales of both fully-electric and plug-in hybrid models.

Honda has given the 11th generation Accord a top-to-bottom redesign with styling that’s both evolutionary and handsome. And with those handsome looks comes a relatively reasonable price — starting at just$28,390. That price also includes a $1,095 destination charge (all prices listed here include this charge as well.)…

Early this week, movie star Jeremy Renner was hospitalized after a snow-induced car accident. Renner didn’t slide off an icy road, or hit another car due to snow blindness — he was run over by his own PistenBully snow plow while trying to rescue a family member’s vehicle that got stuck on a closed, snowed-in road. But…

The five-seat versions of the Tesla Model Y may not be eligible for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. Engadget spotted that our friends at the Internal Revenue Service haven’t categorized specific variants of the electric crossover as sports utility vehicles.

Though it may not be a known quantity on our shores, SsangYong is a company with a long history. It was established a decade after Kia, as South Korea’s second-oldest carmaker, well before Hyundai hit the scene. And yet it’s been shoved off from one unwilling parent to the next, seemingly always on the brink of…

If there’s one thing weird car fans like more than weird cars, it’s the Motocompo. For anyone not familiar with this creation, the Motocompo was a cutesy folding moped that could fit into the back of ‘90s Hondas. It was designed to use when your car couldn’t make it into the city due to traffic or parking…

The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera first appeared back in 2018, which means it’s getting a little old. It’s still gorgeous, but it’s time for Aston to move on. Before it does, though, it’s time for one final sendoff for the gorgeous DBS, in the form of a limited-production special edition with even more V12 power and…

A Tesla crashed off the Pacific Coast Highway in Northern California on Monday, sending four seriously injured people, including two children, to the hospital—and now police allege that the crash may have been intentional.

Auto sales in the United States took a big hit in 2022 due to a number of factors, people want to buy electric vehicles but cannot get past the high prices, and electric truck maker Rivian just barely missed its production target for 2022. All of those stories and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, January 4,…

If you were in the market for a new car in 2022, there were a fair few obstacles to try and overcome. Once you’d made it past all those dastardly dealer markups, inventory shortages across the country and delivery delays, you’d better be sure the car you ended up with was worth it. So, to the one person who bought a…

As an avid Jalopnik reader, you’re probably a fan of this whole “driving” thing we’ve got going on. Cars, trucks, abandoned decades-old bicycles, there’s something to like about each one. But once in a while, you’ll have a moment behind the wheel (or behind the handlebars) that’s just downright bad. Whether terrifying…

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Toyota shocked everyone with the 2023 Prius. I didn’t know what to expect, but I certainly didn’t expect a Prius that would make me say “I’d buy that.” It’s also nice to know that with that striking new design comes pricing that won’t empty your pockets. Including a $1,095 destination charge, the Prius starts at…

A number of notable artists have created artwork using cars as their canvas. Most of those were famous beforehand. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 500SL was painted by a lesser-known artist, which might make it a prudent investment should they someday get famous.

Chrysler has announced the debut of its futuristic Synthesis interior concept demonstrator at CES 2023. Those attending this year’s Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will be able to get a preview of Chrysler’s self-envisioned future starting on January 5th. The Synthesis two-seater might lack doors, a windshield…

The coolest custom model of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is not a G-Class at all, but is instead a Suzuki Jimny that’s dressed up to look like the iconic off-roader from Mercedes-Benz. Japanese car tuning company DAMD calls the product of its custom Jimny body kit the “little G,” as a nod to the Mercedes G-Wagen that…

A gas station argument might have led to a hit-and-run collision that left 22 people injured at a restaurant in New York City. On Monday night, just before 9 p.m., an Uber driver crashed his Toyota Rav4 into the Inwood Bar & Grill near the intersection of Broadway and West 204th Street. The driver and his crossover…

Over the summer, Volkswagen revealed the ID.Aero concept, a large, swoopy sedan that looked about like what you’d imagine the ID.4 would look like if it transformed from a hatchback into a sedan. At the time, we were told the production version would first go on sale in China in mid-2023 and arrive in the U.S. and…

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While EVs are on the come-up, not everyone wants to drive them. Many, especially gearheads, still want an old-fashioned internal combustion engine. The problem is pollution, which is what EVs aim to solve. But what if you could have the best of both worlds: no shitty emissions and the ability to still drive a regular…

Welcome to 2023, the year in which cars from 1998 start becoming legal to import under the United States’ arcane 25 year law. Can you believe 1998 was 25 years ago? I’m pretty sure that I’m now the oldest person to have ever lived. Way back in 2022, oh so long ago, we asked what 1998-built cars you’d like to import in…

The Mitsubishi Mirage has lived out its existence toiling at a thankless deed, as the cheapest — or one of the cheapest — new cars available to buy in the U.S. over the past decade. The Japanese automaker has never moved a ton of the things, selling just under 23,000 units in 2021, but the Mirage has helped Mitsubishi…

Some cops are still up to no good. An annual report done by California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board shows that officers across the state are still racially profiling drivers, specifically Black drivers.

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