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What's Your Favorite Non-Italian Italian Car?

The reveal of the Volkswagen Scirocco Studie R, celebrating non-violent Italo-Germanic alliances, is a reminder Italian designers and companies have almost made more cars via alliance than through domestic design and production. So what's your favorite non-Italian Italian car? More »

11:30 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Matt Hardigree
298 views, 39 comments

Sema

RENNTech Wins Mercedes SEMA Tuner Build-Off With Rally-Inspired GLK

The Booth Professionals and 42" Chrome Rims may have rolled home weeks ago, but the voting for the Mercedes SEMA has just ended. What über tuner swayed the most SEMA fans to their tuned hybrid? More »

11:00 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Matt Hardigree
243 views, 23 comments

Hoon Of The Day

Blown Holden Ute Does Double Roll During Burnout, Crowd Goes Wild!

When you've got a supercharged, tubbed and roll-caged Holden Ute, burnouts, donuts and general hoonulence are inevitable, but this... this is hooning art. It seems you have to go to Australia for the real high-proof stuff, as this starts out simple and safely enough with a gross display of horsepower at a sanctioned local race track, but then the driver decides on a donut, and things go horribly, awesomely wrong as the car flips on it's side — twice — and then drives away to the roar of the crowd. Truly, we have much to learn from from this advanced civilization. More »

10:30 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,831 views, 40 comments

Most discussed Almostbanned: I meant to do that. more »

Carpocalypse Now

GM CEO Rick Wagoner Rolls Up To Capitol Hill In Cruze-Covered Chevy Volt Mule

We didn't have the video of Wagoner pulling up in the Chevy Volt mule dressed up in the skin of a Chevy Cruze earlier. Now we do. We also have to say, we're pretty happy with how the Cruze looks in motion. Pretty snazzy if you ask us. We'll take ours with a turbo 1.4-liter four-banger rather than the Volt innards and definitely with the "dog-and-pony show" graphics-delete option. Also, we're now told Alan "Boeing! Boeing!" Mulally and Bob "The Builder" Nardelli are seated and Dodd's started flapping his gums. UPDATE: According to CNBC's Phil LeBeau, GM's modifying their request from the gubm'it — they need $4 billion this month and $4 billion in January (from $4 billion in December, $6 billion in March) to stave off the Carpocalypse!

10:15 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Ray Wert
1,637 views, 50 comments

Most discussed loquaciousmusic: Hey-give the poor guy a break. He had to drive from Detroit to D.C. in a Chevy! Barf! Maybe more »

Axis of Scirocco

VW Scirocco Studie R Celebrates Historic German/Italian Alliances

Realizing the Italian flag looks better on cars than the German flag, Volkswagen chose the Bologna Motor Show to launch the VW Scirocco Studie R. Essentially a hopped-up version of the standard car, it features a 270 HP version of the 2.0-liter TSI turbo-four sending its power through a 6-speed DSG gearbox. All the other additions are largely cosmetic, but are executed to an unusually classy standard. Aggressive air intakes and a carbon front splitter fill out the front of the Scirocco, while inside there’s a nice set of Recaro buckets finished up with Tricolore stitching. Expect a less Italiangasmic version of this car to arrive in showrooms next year as the 2010 VW Scirocco R, no, we won’t get that one either. The release follows the jump.

VW Scirocco Studie R

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10:00 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Wes Siler
456 views, 25 comments

Most discussed J-2-da-B: I like everything about it but the 2 different colored side mirrors... i mean, i know the whole thing reselmbles more »

Carpocalypse Now

GM's Rick Wagoner Arrives At Capitol

GM CEO Rick Wagoner just showed up to Capitol Hill driving the Chevy Volt mule. No clue where the other CEOs are. More »

9:45 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Ray Wert
835 views, 39 comments

Most discussed 3wheeler: Whos the White -Haired guy behind him to our right? The Grandpa off of the Munsters? more »

Offbeat News

Armless Chinese Man Arrested For Driving With Feet

Zing Shen, 42, a citizen of the People's Republic of China, lost his arms in an industrial accident. But that didn't stop him from driving. It was the police who did that. Authorities arrested the man, who is missing both arms below the elbows, when they spotted him driving his automatic transmission equipped car with his feet. If Zing lived in a less authoritarian country, we'd encourage him to demand the police show him where the law against that is, but considering he'd probably get his feet chopped off for insolence, he's probably better off welcoming his fate with open arms. Err, legs. [AttuWorld]

9:30 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
749 views, 40 comments

Most discussed LTDScott changed his name!: *obvious* The police were easily able to apprehend him because he was unarmed. more »

Down On The Street

1969 Mercury Cougar

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen a few Alameda Cougars so far, including this '67 (which later turned up in the wrecking yard), this '68, this '73, and this '75. Now we're going to look at a first-gen Cougar that's lived in the same neighborhood since I was a kid.
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9:00 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Murilee Martin
720 views, 37 comments

Most discussed west-coaster: Definitely a '68. The '69-'70 had a completely different body. more »

Carpocalypse Now

Report: GM, Chrysler Consider Bankruptcy For Federal Bailout Loan

The CEOs of the not-so-Big Three made it to DC for committee hearings beginning today at 10:00 AM. According to Bloomberg's sources, GM and Chrysler execs are considering a pre-arranged bankruptcy (which we've already said is a good thing) as a last-resort of getting a multibillion-dollar government loan. More »

8:40 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Ray Wert
974 views, 40 comments

Most discussed STR8SIX: Pre-arranged bankruptcy!!! Damn you Obama! This loan agreement isn't an academic exercise. Millions of American jobs and families are at more »

Carpocalypse Now

Mr. Wagoner Makes It To Washington, Driving Volt Mule To Morning Senate Hearing

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Nice Price Or Crack Pipe

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $12,000 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel Pickup?

What's a really cool used vehicle worth? Yesterday, 60% of you opined that 300 grand was too much for a beautiful Citroën DS21 Chapron Palm Beach, so today we're going with another much-beloved, yet more affordable, machine: a 1982 VW Rabbit Diesel pickup. More »

8:00 AM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,060 views, 58 comments

Most discussed Gearhead_42: Hash pipe. Wait, what? 8K at the outside, 6K would be a good deal for everyone involved. more »

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Jalopnik

What's Your Favorite Non-Italian Italian Car?

RENNTech Wins Mercedes SEMA Tuner Build-Off With Rally-Inspired GLK

Blown Holden Ute Does Double Roll During Burnout, Crowd Goes Wild!

GM CEO Rick Wagoner Rolls Up To Capitol Hill In Cruze-Covered Chevy Volt Mule

VW Scirocco Studie R Celebrates Historic German/Italian Alliances

VW Scirocco Studie R

GM's Rick Wagoner Arrives At Capitol

Armless Chinese Man Arrested For Driving With Feet

1969 Mercury Cougar

Report: GM, Chrysler Consider Bankruptcy For Federal Bailout Loan

Mr. Wagoner Makes It To Washington, Driving Volt Mule To Morning Senate Hearing

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $12,000 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel Pickup?

VW Scirocco Studie R

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