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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King)·31 Aug 2026

Alex Palou Enters Rare Air With 5th IndyCar Title In 6 Years Some would call it bad luck. Others would call it karma.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Chris Tsui)·31 Aug 2026

This Is What A Ford F-150 Cost In 2020 Vs. 2026 The Ford F-150 is the best-selling vehicle in America and practically has been for the last half-century.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Erik Sherman)·31 Aug 2026

The First Jail Sentence For Speeding Came In 1904 (For A Speed You Could Reach On Foot) It doesn't matter how safe of a driver you think you are — you've probably let your speed drift above the...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Rob Emslie)·31 Aug 2026

At $2,900, Is This Canadian-Spec 2005 BMW 320i An Ultimate Steal? The seller of today's Nice Price or No Dice BMW is its second owner, the first having bought the car in Canada. A non-U.S.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Collin Woodard)·31 Aug 2026

These Cars Should Have Been More Expensive Conventional wisdom says cars are too expensive and should cost less. Which is true.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Amber DaSilva)·31 Aug 2026

Trump Tariffs On Canada Will Hit Toyota And Honda Hardest Happy Monday! It's August 31, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Amber DaSilva)·31 Aug 2026

What Car Would You Buy For $5,000 Right Now? Do you feel that? It's not 90 degrees out today. In fact, in the shade and the wind, it's barely 80.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Chris Tsui)·31 Aug 2026

Here's How Much A Brand-New Ford Mustang Cost In 1964 Vs. 2026 Before cars like the Mazda Miata or Toyota GR86 even existed, the Ford Mustang was the prototypical affordable sports car.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Charles Krome)·31 Aug 2026

Consumer Reports Found These 5 Used SUVs Are The Most Reliable You Can Get Under $15K As we covered at the end of June, average used car prices topped $30,000 for the first time in almost three...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Peter Nelson)·31 Aug 2026

The Mercedes-Maybach S680 And GLS Both Get 15 MPG, But Only One Pays A Gas Guzzler Tax While it may seem like improving fuel economy has been a point of focus over the past, well, several decades...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Monday Goma)·31 Aug 2026

Porsche Models Hold Their Value Well, But These Cars Depreciated The Fastest Depreciation is an inevitable reality for nearly all car owners, with most vehicles losing about 55% of their value on...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King)·30 Aug 2026

How World War II Rationing Led To 35 MPH Speed Limits And Bans On Driving For Fun While the continental United States was spared the widespread devastation of World War II that was seen throughout...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Justin Hughes)·30 Aug 2026

eBay Finally Bans Airbag Sales Due To Counterfeit Concerns It was bound to happen someday, and now it finally has.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Eugene Buono)·30 Aug 2026

Back When Standard A/C Was For Luxury Cars Only, This Sedan Brought It To The Masses In 1902, Willis Carrier invented the first air conditioning system as we know it, evidently not to make people...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King)·30 Aug 2026

It Took 60 Years To Finish The Last 8 Miles Of This 1,900-Mile Highway Interstate 95 is the most prominent highway on the East Coast of the United States, stretching over 1,900 miles from Maine to...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Max Larsen)·30 Aug 2026

8 Ostentatious Cars That Defined The Wedge-Shape Era Imagine you're back in grade school, bored in class, and looking to kill a minute while your teacher finishes their incredibly interesting...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (B. L. Johnson)·30 Aug 2026

5 Weird And Wild Child Car Seats From Back When We Were Figuring Out How Safety Worked If you're old enough, you probably remember riding in the cargo area of a station wagon or the bed of a pickup...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Justin Hughes)·30 Aug 2026

Elon Musk Saying 'All Cars' Will Have Starlink As The 'Only Way' To Connect Them Sounds More Like Threat Than Promise Imagine a society in which the world's richest man owns the one and only data...

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Marko Mikulic)·30 Aug 2026

Do Mercedes-Maybachs And The Regular Benz/AMG Models Use The Same Engines? The Mercedes-Maybach nameplate carries real weight in the super-premium luxury car market.

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Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Josh West)·30 Aug 2026

10 Essential Tools Every Motorcycle Owner Should Have Owning a motorcycle doesn't mean you need to become the sort of person who considers splitting crankcases a relaxing Saturday afternoon.

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