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Timeless Cars, Oddly Satisfying Features And Ugliest Engine Bays In This Week's QOTD Roundup

Photo: Ford, Honda, Patrick T. Fallon/AFP (Getty Images), Scott Olson (Getty Images), Stellantis, Mitsubishi, Image: Ford, Wikicommons, Bentley
Photo: Ford, Honda, Patrick T. Fallon/AFP (Getty Images), Scott Olson (Getty Images), Stellantis, Mitsubishi, Image: Ford, Wikicommons, Bentley

What New Cars Will Be Timeless In A Few Decades?

Photo: Ford
Photo: Ford

The cars currently rolling out onto our roads for the first time will likely be around for a long time. On average, a modern vehicle lasts roughly a dozen years. Looking back, certain vehicles from the 2010s can be easily marked as from that era and not for the better. I hate calling out an automaker in particular, but Dodge’s signature crosshair grill got dropped for a reason. - Ryan Erik King Read More

These Are The Most Oddly Satisfying Things About Your Cars

Photo: Honda
Photo: Honda

Oddly satisfying videos have taken the world by storm, but this is a transportation website. You’re not going to see any sand cutting videos or slime tutorials or whatever else oddly satisfies you freaks out there on other parts of the internet. This is for car weirdos, so here are the most oddly satisfying things about the Jalopnik audience’s cars. - Logan Carter Read More

What Car Will Have Disappeared From The Road In 10 Years?

Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP (Getty Images)
Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP (Getty Images)

Just about every day a different car is going extinct. Think about the last time you saw a Saturn SL2, a Dodge Neon or a Mitsubishi Galant. Sometimes cars are just not built to last, and that’s what brings me to today’s question. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

These Are The Ugliest Engine Bays

2023 Ford Bronco - Image: Ford
2023 Ford Bronco - Image: Ford

Last week, we asked readers what cars they thought had the ugliest engine bays. These were their answers. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

These Are The Car Things You Had To Learn The Hard Way

RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN - FEBRUARY 20: Mark Barta makes a repair to his race car following a race on February 20, 2021 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The races were hosted by Rice Lake Ice Racing on an oval track laid out on the ice over Rice Lake in northern Wisconsin. - Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)
RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN - FEBRUARY 20: Mark Barta makes a repair to his race car following a race on February 20, 2021 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The races were hosted by Rice Lake Ice Racing on an oval track laid out on the ice over Rice Lake in northern Wisconsin. - Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)

Learning; so few of us actually do it. I know I am a repeating-patterned tapestry of mistakes. But when it comes to cars, I’ve learned my lessons well through pain and True Grit. - Erin Marquis Read More

These New Cars Will Be Timeless In A Few Decades, According To Our Readers

Photo: Stellantis
Photo: Stellantis

It’s evident to anyone with a pulse that the vehicles we drive from A to B have changed from decade to decade. Noting this ever-shifting landscape, we asked earlier this week which current cars will become timeless in the next few decades. There are always models that stand the test of time and garner record bids at auction once enough time passes. Without further ado, here are your picks for the next fleet of timeless machines: - Ryan Erik King Read More

What Car Thing Did You Have To Learn The Hard Way?

Not the author’s ion but damn close - Image: Wikicommons
Not the author’s ion but damn close - Image: Wikicommons

It’s theorized that there are four main ways to learn; visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and reading/writing. I propose that a fifth, and much more common form of learn that should be included is pain. Pain is a wonderful instructor. Really, the best. - Erin Marquis Read More

What Would You Do To Fix The Car Industry?

Image: Bentley
Image: Bentley

Car enthusiasts always have gripes when it comes to the production of new automobiles. Obviously we know better than the executives and planners that spend their entire day working out the trajectory of a company and the development of future product. We have plenty to lament about, like the disappearance of the convertible, the wagon, the sports car, the manual transmission, and the very concept of an affordable car. Then there’s the whole environmental destruction angle, and the rising pedestrian deaths, and the distracted driving problem. - Bradley Brownell Read More

What’s The Cheapest Car You Could Actually Live With?

This might be the cheapest car in America, but is it the cheapest car you can live with? - Photo: Mitsubishi
This might be the cheapest car in America, but is it the cheapest car you can live with? - Photo: Mitsubishi

The cheapest new car you can buy in America right now is the Mitsubishi Mirage, which comes in at a cool $18,000. Some would call that a bargain, as it gets you a brand new motor, some fun colors and space for all your hopes and dreams. While it might be the cheapest new car in America, is the Mirage the cheapest new car you could actually live with? - Owen Bellwood Read More

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