Late Sunday evening, I logged onto Fortnite to enjoy all the newly added Star Wars content, solo-queuing up for a No Build quads match right away. As I waited for the battle bus to pick me up, I could hear one of my teammates loudly playing Canadian actor-turned-rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham’s song, “The Heart Part [...]read moreThe Kendrick And Drake Rap Beef Is Made For The Internet
Here at Jalopnik, we know there’s nothing wrong with keeping a beloved old beater running for mile after mile, and we regularly celebrate high mileage heroes. Now, it turns out the rest of America is catching onto this way of thinking as the savings of holding onto an old car for longer begin mounting up. [...]read moreAmericans Are Driving Their Cars To Death In Order To Save Money
Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP (Getty Images) There’s rarely ever data to back up the preconceived notions we all hold about how cars look, like how we’ve all been led to believe that police pull over red cars more often than others. However, the data paints an interesting picture when it does exist. Research shows [...]read moreImport Cars More Likely To Receive Speeding Tickets Than U.S. Brands
Here in the U.S., we tend to lament that Mitsubishi doesn’t really make anything fun or unique for us anymore. The current Outlander and its PHEV version are pretty good and the Mirage is cheap. But for the most part the lineup is forgettable. Mitsubishi has always made pretty cool cars, we just don’t get [...]read moreMitsubishi Pajero Pinin Is A Mini, Italian-Designed Off-Roader You Probably Didn’t Know Existed
The launch of the Fisker Ocean has been plagued with problems, and those problems are now compounding in ways that make everything worse for owners. See, problems mean repairs, but parts shortages mean those fixes could take eons to actually complete — unless you have a “graveyard” of preproduction parts to slap onto customer cars. [...]read moreFisker Resorts To Fixing Customer Cars With Preproduction Parts From ‘Graveyard’
Looking at the original trailer for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie is like looking into a portal to a different timeline, one where the film itself likely doesn’t herald the arrival of a massively successful film franchise that eventually spawns a bad Paramount+ spin-off. At best, it results in a Morbius-level hate-watch campaign and [...]read moreSonic’s First Movie Trailer Broke The Internet Five Years Ago
Photo: Jaguar Car design is constantly changing as automakers try to play catch up with the latest trends and emulate what they think customers want. Basically, they’re following the pack. However, a select few cars do something completely different: Influence everything else. That’s what led me to today’s question. My First Car: Luke Evans and [...]read moreWhat’s The Most Influential Car Design Of All Time?
Image: NASA There are some anniversaries that are worth celebrating, and the “platinum anniversary” of a Martian dick is definitely one of them. Way back in 2004, when I was still a high-school junior, the scientists at NASA in charge of the Spirit rover were doing pretty much the same thing I was; scribblin’ dicks [...]read moreIt’s Been 20 Years Since NASA Drew A Penis On Mars
Image: BMW Not everyone likes the same thing. Some of us are chocolate fans, while others are perfectly happy with vanilla. Cars are the same way, but some generate an unreasonably strong response deep in the cockles of the enthusiast heart. We asked you what is the most controversial cars on the market today, and [...]read moreAvoiding Traffic Tickets, Celebrity Cars And Good Mechanics In This Week’s QOTD Roundup
The Knuckles show is out today on Paramount+. As Kotaku’s resident Sonic (eh, Shadow, really) sicko, I did not like it! I gave it a broadly negative review and was especially caught off guard by how little the titular punch-throwing echidna is actually in it. Now that the show is available to stream, fans are [...]read moreThe Internet Reacts To The Knuckles Show