Bob Sorokanich
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How Two Podcasters Survived an SUV Hitting Them and Made Viral Video Gold
Two 20-something photographers and vloggers scored a hell of a video when an SUV crashed through the window where they were taping a podcast. → Read More
Watch an Out-of-Control SUV Crash Into a Podcast Studio During a Live Recording
Thankfully, nobody was injured after the Chevy Tahoe blasted through a window while podcaster and photographer Nathan Reeves was recording. → Read More
Tesla's Investor Day Livestream Disclaimer Basically Says Everything Could Be Bullshit
Tesla's 2023 Investor Day livestream included a disclaimer that essentially says you shouldn't believe anything shared in Tesla's Investor Day livestream. → Read More
Driver Crashes SUV Into Popeyes Over Missing Biscuits in a Case of Two Wrongs
Listen, you shouldn't crash your car into a restaurant. But then again, the biscuits are the absolute best thing at Popeyes. → Read More
Bentley Will Build its Last 12-Cylinder Engine Ever in April 2024
The British automaker says its legendary W12 engine will be replaced by V8s and hybrid V6s as the company aims for full electrification. → Read More
Jeep Celebrates 20 Years of Wrangler Rubicon by Putting a Grille Inside a Grille
The 2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th Anniversary Edition package is available on Wrangler 4xe and Rubicon 392 and includes an 83-piece tool kit. → Read More
The Enormous Antonov An-225 Mriya Flies Again in Microsoft Flight Simulator
The world's largest, heaviest plane, destroyed by Russia during the Ukraine invasion, lives on in digital form. → Read More
Why the Hybrid 2024 Corvette E-Ray Doesn't Have a Charging Port
The E-Ray is the first hybrid Corvette, with an all-electric "Stealth" drive mode. But you can't plug it in to charge the lithium-ion battery. Here's why. → Read More
The Hybrid Corvette E-Ray Is for Rich Buyers Who Don't Do Track Days
Corvette boss Tadge Juechter says the C8 E-Ray was designed for customers who want the most expensive Vette, but won't use the Z06's track capabilities. → Read More
The 2024 Corvette E-Ray Packs 655 All-Wheel Horsepower and Accelerates Quicker Than a Z06
Chevy says the hybrid, AWD C8 Corvette E-Ray will do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, making it the quickest production Vette in history. Jalopnik got to go for a ride. → Read More
The Grognard Was the Strangest Jet Bomber of the Early Cold War Era
This weird, hump-backed French jet went from cutting-edge in 1950 to obsolete in 1952. → Read More
Ken Block Killed in Snowmobile Crash
The rally racer, X Games champion, co-founder of DC Shoes and Hoonigan Industries, and star of the Gymkhana video series was 55 years old. → Read More
The GMC Hummer EV Has a Cheeky Jab at the Tesla Cybertruck Hidden in its Dashboard
The Hummer EV's touchscreen has a hidden Easter egg: A cartoon of a Hummer monster-truck-crushing something that looks a lot like a Cybertruck. → Read More
How Richard Hammond's Wife Helped Pull Him Out of His Crash-Induced Coma
Hammond revisits what he experienced after his jet-car crash in 2006, when he spent two weeks in a coma and doctors weren't sure he'd survive. → Read More
How to Protect Your Kinja Account Against a Twitter Shutdown
If you log into the Kinja comment section using your Twitter account, now is a good time to add a backup login — just in case Twitter stops working. → Read More
The Real Story Behind That 'Pre-Production' C8 Corvette on Bring a Trailer
Yes, it started life as a pre-production 2021 Stingray owned by GM. But the story about this car escaping the crusher to land on BaT is probably exaggerated. → Read More
The Aston Martin DBX Has a Delightful DB5 Tribute in its Dashboard
When you activate Adaptive Cruise Control in the DBX, the distance gauge shows two James Bond-era DB5s in silhouette. → Read More
We Can't Have a Hellcat Chrysler 300 Because Hellcat Engines Are a Finite Resource
Yes, a 707-hp Chrysler 300 would kick so much ass, but there just aren't enough 6.2-liter supercharged V8s to go around. → Read More
The 2024 Ford Mustang GT and EcoBoost From Every Angle
Here's your best look yet at the new seventh-generation S650 Mustang, inside and out. → Read More
How America's Totaled Cars End Up Driving Again in the Third World
NPR's Planet Money traces the journey of a nearly-new Lexus from New Jersey to Turkmenistan via salvage-title auction. → Read More