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Cars That Make You Hate Their Drivers, Best Entry-Level Sports Cars And Cars We Want 1 More Generation Of In This Week's QOTD Roundup

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These Cars Instantly Make You Hate Their Drivers

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Screenshot: TorkiT via YouTube

If you know anything at all about cars, then you know you can tell a lot about someone based solely on what they drive. At the very least, you can get the gist of who they are as a person, and that’s usually enough to form an opinion. Sometimes it’s a good feeling, and sometimes it’s well... not so good. That’s what led me to our question from last week. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

These Are The Best Entry-Level Sports Cars You Can Buy Right Now

Is the EcoBoost Mustang the best entry-level sports car out there? - Photo: Ford
Is the EcoBoost Mustang the best entry-level sports car out there? - Photo: Ford

You don’t need to have a multi-million-dollar supercar to have fun behind the wheel, I’m sure you’ll agree. There’s a lot to be said for a budget runaround that offers you an introduction to performance, better handling and fun when you’re out and about. - Owen Bellwood Read More

These Cars Deserve A Modern Generation

Photo: Jonrev at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jonrev at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Some cars just shuffle off this mortal coil a bit too early. Mergers, buyouts, simple lack of profit — carmakers have any number of reasons for ending a good car’s production run before its time. But, as you start to think about how car design has changed, you start to wonder: What car would be best if it had continued into the modern day? That’s the question we posed to you all earlier this week, and today we’re sorting through your answers. Let’s go. - Amber DaSilva Read More

What’s A Car That Nobody Else Knows About?

A gorgeous 1967 Volkswagen Type 34 - Image: Weigee/ Bring A Trailer (<a class="link " href="https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-volkswagen-karmann-ghia-type-34/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Fair Use;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas">Fair Use</a>)
A gorgeous 1967 Volkswagen Type 34 - Image: Weigee/ Bring A Trailer (Fair Use)

Car nerds occupy a small niche of the wide array of folks with special interests — some might even call that wide array of folks with special interests a spectrum. Regardless of what you or medical professionals may call it, we all like cars. Judging by the fact that you’re reading this article right now, you make a habit out of reading about cars and learning about them, too, so what’s an obscure car you know of that nobody else seems to know about? I don’t want to see any one or two-word answers, Brenda, elaborate a bit! Why the hell do you know so much about this obscure car? - Logan Carter Read More

These Are The Cars That Nobody Knows About Except Our Readers

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Ask the Jalopnik audience about obscure cars and the Jalopnik audience will provide. I asked for you to name a car that nobody else knows about, and I’m proud to say that most of your answers taught me about cars I never knew existed! I recommend clicking here to read all the comments, because you nerds have quite the encyclopedic knowledge of this whole car thing. - Logan Carter Read More

What Car Do You Wish Got A Modern Generation?

Photo: Lewis Collard, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lewis Collard, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

Often we look back on cars of olde, wishing we could buy them preserved in amber — walk into a dealership, slap down $30 and some pocket lint, and walk out with a brand new ‘94 Miata. “They just don’t make ‘em like they used to,” we say, sadly scrolling through endless Facebook Marketplace rustbuckets. - Amber DaSilva Read More

What’s Your Favorite Car Chase Scene In A Movie?

Photo: James Bond
Photo: James Bond

There’s little in this life I love more than a good car chase scene in a movie. As a little kid it was movies like “101 Dalmatians” and “The Italian Job” that gave me the car chase itch, and as I got older I graduated to more serious franchises like “Fast & Furious,” “Mad Max” and “Mission: Impossible.” Car chases can be serious, or humorous, or just plain fantastical, and they can fit into so many different genres of movie. - Daniel Golson Read More

How Much Horsepower Do You Really Need?

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N - Image: Hyundai
2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N - Image: Hyundai

When mass produced automobiles first came around you were lucky to get 20 horsepower in your Model T. A century later, Yet we’ve advanced so far and so fast that now your average person can pack 500 or more ponies under their hood. It makes you wonder though just how much power do you actually need? - Lawrence Hodge Read More

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