A pickup truck with a silver Airstream trailer behind it is quintessential Americana. That’s as true today as it was 50 years ago, except now the experience can be ridiculously comfortable with a 2018 Ford F-150 diesel and a downright futuristic Airstream Basecamp trailer. (Full disclosure: Ford loaned me the F-150 diesel and Airstream’s PR outfit set up the trailer…
Photo Credits: David Tracy The 2019 Ram 1500 Tradesman is supposed to be “the cheap one,” but once you start spec’ing items like the big engine and towing packages that unlock the truck’s maximum capability, the price creeps up quickly. Meanwhile, the interior’s still pretty spartan. Here’s what that all-business configuration is like to drive. Back in…
Kevin won a bet with his wife, and while the details of the wager are a mystery, the important part is that he is now going to spend some $200,000 to $300,000 on a seriously fast car. But he’s not sure which direction to go. What car should he buy? (Welcome back to What Car Should You…
What Car Should You Buy The experts at Jalopnik answer your car-buying questions. Sam has a 2005 Mini Cooper S, which is a fine little car, but not quite practical for a growing family. He wants something sporty, fun, and practical and has a pretty healthy budget to accomplish this task. What car should he buy?…
When someone says ‘kit car’ what most people think is ‘dangerously half-assed.’ Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Superlite may be dangerous, but it seems far from half-anything. Let’s see if its awesomeness makes it worth its asking. If you’re going to make something different, your goal should always be to make it better, right? Changing something…
The most powerful production versions of the Corvette and 911 probe the boundaries of road-car capabilities. From the August 2018 issue Rivalries never rest. A Bostonian’s contempt for New York doesn’t stop at baseball. Even when the Bears are garbage, the Packers don’t phone it in. The Wendy’s Twitter account won’t back down just because…
The Porsche badge on the hood is covered, but the automaker isn’t fooling anyone. Perhaps the best thing about this latest round of spy shots for the refreshed Porsche Cayman GT4 is what we can’t see. In truth, we see pretty much everything, and as you’d come to expect from Porsche the changes are minimal. We spy slightly redesigned side…
We might have just found the king of the unofficial Raptors. The Raptor is an amazing piece of machine. Its humungous size, imposing bodywork, and appropriately powerful power plants make it an attractive vehicle for those looking for appropriate horse and pulling power for their Ford monster truck. There’s only one problem: it comes with a high-output 3.5L V6…
The Porsche 911 is an icon, a staple of the automotive landscape. But imagine if it wasn’t called a 911… In 1964 Porsche revealed its new sports car as the 901. Today it is hard to imagine the Porsche 911 being called anything other than a 911, but 911 was the second name the iconic sports car…
The Forgiato set is only part of the story as there’s much more to this car beyond those massive wheels. Our idea of a Chevy Camaro SUV took the shape of a rugged electric vehicle to rival Ford’s upcoming Mustang-based crossover, but Corey Jones had something else in mind. He took a 2016 convertible and turned into…
