Tesla engineers don’t tap beer kegs like the rest of the world.
- The best and worst cars driven in 2012 according to Jalopnik
- The times people die behind the wheel
- Vanity Fair’s Top 5 New Cars for 2012
- Edmunds Inside Line is history
It’s getting closer to Christmas which means drivers are showing their spirit by decorating their calls. Jalopnik has called this tasteless.
- Driving this is “like trying to coax a jello mold down the road”
- Joe Gibbs Racing has an “unbeatable” roster according to NASCAR.com
- Popular Mechanics names their 10 Favorite Cars of the Year
December starts tomorrow so you should probably shave off that Movember ‘stache unless your Geraldo Rivera. Before pulling out the clippers, get the recap of car news from the last full week of November.
- Thank China if GM brings back the Buck red white and blue
- GM is contemplating a Buick Grand National revival
- Fisker hires former marketing honcho at GM Joel Ewanick
- Best and Worst of NASCAR in 2012
- Truck driver sneezes then crashes into 10 cars
See that there? It’s name is Trixy the Creeprod and it may be the coolest car we’ve seen since the Eclipse of the Donk.
- What it’s like to drive around a “bigass” F250 truck
- This is how filmmaker John Landis documented slasher sales at car dealerships
- Consumer Reports likes the Scion FR-S more than the Subaru BRZ
Ken Block goes for a spin in San Francisco, a truck spills some rocks on a now-flat car, and a man attempts to claim a beach with his Nissan.
- This is what happens when you drop a few too many rocks on a car.
- Watch the Subaru BR-Z’s hot (literally) new commercial.
- Recap of Sunday’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
- Man drives into ocean while screaming “this is my beach”!
Porsches are good for steering around twists and turns. They are also good for towing boats like this 911 spotted by a contributor on Jalopnik.
- The Detroit Grand Prix is at Belle Isle in Michigan this Sunday
- Fuel efficient used cars are dropping in price
- The debate on if and when a car should be restored
The 82nd Annual International Geneva Motor Show is happening right now in a little European country called Switzerland, but there’s nothing little about the cars and trucks making their world debut. Check back next Wednesday to see our favorite picks.
- You’ve heard of playing polo with horses, but what about cars?
- “Flash Cars for Kids” guarantees young ones will grow up to be gear heads
- Danica Patrick has decent odds at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend
Happy President’s Day! We are unsure how one celebrates this holiday so in the meantime, here are some car stories and news from the over the weekend.
- ESPN’s Terry Blount says pack racing is back at Daytona
- You know those Nissan Frontier truck commercials? Jalopnik hates them
- The #48 racing team didn’t pass the first round of inspections in Daytona
- Mysterious electric car is boggling the car world
Good stuff this week in the automotive sphere…check out the links below for stories on cop cars, a defensive cake-eating hipster and oodles of other link goodness. Enjoy the weekend.
- Michigan State Police have released their cop car rankings
- Why Audi may be giving up on their fight for horsepower dominance
- Sexy red cars that you can find on MojoMotors.com
- TopGear USA funnyman Rutledge Wood likes cake but he’s no hipster
- Someone with lots of time dug out their basement using remote control toys
Since this has been quite possibly the slowest week in auto news from all of 2011, we will leave you with these links. So much for going out with a bang.
- Kim Jong-il’s hearse was a 1970′s Lincoln
- MINI creates the Best Test Drive Ever. Period.
- The longest float in history will be powered by a Ford engine at the Rose Bowl
- Craftsman to debut a tractor at the Detroit Auto Show