Porsches: 986 Boxster S. The first time ever that the Boxster posed a threat to the 911 is with the S version. More power, optional sport suspension, lighter than a 911, mid-engined. Rare because it was so expensive at the time. Get the IMS bearing mod done. 987.2 Cayman/Boxster Base or S, but especially the … Read more
Photo: Nissan Earlier this week reports out of Japan pointed to 2025 being the final model year for the R35-generation Nissan GT-R, which was first unveiled in 2007, and now Nissan has unveiled the 2025 model year GT-R in Japan. Details are slim and changes seem to be few, but it’s great to see the … Read more
Photo: Facebook Marketplace Quad headlights, on relatively modern cars (newer than, say, a ‘70 Chevelle), always look a little off to me. The Integra pulls them off well, the Celica does so middlingly, and the Starlet… is also here. It looks — perhaps it’s best to end the sentence there, actually. It sure does look. … Read more
Image: Toyota In yet another instance of of discontinued models selling, Toyota had a few that sold in 2023. The lowest selling of these dead models was the Land Cruiser (which is on its way back with a new generation soon), which found seven buyers. Second lowest was the Avalon, which was axed a couple … Read more
Photo: Facebook Marketplace I know, though, I know. You don’t want the GT-T, you want the full fat version. You’d miss those two driven wheels up front, and that whole extra hundred cubic centimeters of engine displacement. Well, if you won’t give those up to get the R34 headlights, I guess I can offer you … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Since time immemorial (or at least since the invention of the automobile), car-obsessed kids have put up posters on their bedroom walls that feature their dream cars. I’d be shocked if even a single Jalopnik reader didn’t have at least some sort of car art. Iconic examples of poster cars include any … Read more
Screenshot: Top Gear There’s something in the water in Texas. That’s the only thing that can explain it. The gearheads down there in the section of America that used to be Mexico really know how to take fast shit and make it faster shit. Audi’s second-generation R8 is already impressive with a 533 horsepower V10 … Read more
Image: Mitsubishi Designed under Mitsubishi’s “Project America” program, which aimed to create more products specifically for the U.S. market, the Endeavor’s design was based on a 1999 concept called theSSU. While that concept got a twin-turbo V6 and all wheel drive, the Endeavor debuted with a 3.8-liter V6 with 225 hp. As a replacement for … Read more
