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Ten American Cars To Drive Across Europe [Answers Of The Day]

Europeans today are still stuck driving cramped little Pandas and Peugeots. It’s time to show them what a real automobile looks like, so Jalopnik readers picked out ten big, bold American cars to take on a tour of the continent. More »

A Broken Traffic Light Caused This Nightmare Tieup in Beijing [Video]

A busted traffic light can ruin people’s day anywhere, but in Beijing, a densely peopled city known of for some of the worst traffic in the world, it can be a see-it-from-space problem. More »

COTD: Ariel Atom Edition [Commenter Of The Day]

One of the great things about hard-edged track cars like an Ariel Atom is that if you handed the keys to your grandma, there is just no way that she could drive it (unless your grannie is a grade-A badass). More »

A Mercedes 300SL Roadster In The Swiss Alps [Car Porn]

I’m pretty sure Julie Andrews would have to change her underwear after seeing these pictures. I know for a fact that my pants are alive with the sound of this alpine 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster. Sploosh. More »

Canadians Feel More Attractive In A Sexy Car [LOLCars]

Driving an awesome car may be a good way to get people hot and bothered up in cold Canada. A study by Autotrader.ca showed that more than a third of the Canadian population feels more attractive driving a sexy car. More »

COTD: Ghetto Boys Edition [Video]

There’s a difference between a guilt society and a shame society. There’s a difference between self-policing and snitching. This can be hard to grasp, so the Ghetto Boys and Jalopnik readers are here to explain. More »

Don Draper Drunk Drives An XKE: The Jaguars Of Mad Men [Car Porn]

Last night’s Mad Men was filled with Jaguars. Lots and lots of Jaguars. Let’s drool over the cars that will keep the show’s impermeable cool intact, even as its characters get on to the uglier years of the ‘60s. More »

The Ten Unluckiest Car Accidents Caught On Video [Video]

Try as you might to drive safely, sometimes you’re just in the wrong place at the wrong time. There wasn’t anything that the people in these ten non-lethal crashes, picked by Jalopnik readers, could do to save themselves. More »

First Drive: 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 [Jalopnik Reviews]

662 HP! The 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is, let’s face it, an absolutely insane vehicle. An absurd amount of power, a ludicrous amount of engineering, and a horsepower-to-money ratio that can only be measured on the metric batshit scale. Weirdly, my biggest complaint is how utterly sane it feels. More »

What Is The Best Automotive Decision You’ve Ever Made? [Question Of The Weekend]

Despite our tendency to make far more questionable car related decisions than the average person, sometimes we are actually able to translate automotive obsession into making excellent choices when it comes to cars and trucks. More »

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