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Tuesday, Nov 17
Chevy Family Photo Op: Mass-Marketing MPG And MPG For The Masses, Together At Last [La Auto Show]
The Chevrolet show exhibit also will feature the all-new, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro sports coupe and Chevrolet Equinox compact crossover SUV. The popularity of these vehicles helped Chevrolet boost sales by 9 percent in October, including a significant 31-percent increase in retail sal...
Vehicle Weight Vs. Fuel Economy Study Ignores Gov Mandates [I Feel Gassy]
First we'd just like to say as consumers of horsepower and torque, we're quite happy with the improvements since 1980. We're wondering if Mr. Kittle has ever tried to merge into freeway traffic in a 1980 Toyota Corolla. Not a pretty sight.
Saturday, Nov 7
Porsche 928 To Take On Renault Alliance, 158 Other Heaps: LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Skid Row Racing, 1977 Chevrolet Camaro XDOG's, 1986 Honda CRX Nerd Herd, 1986 Toyota MR2 ONSET/TWTM2, 1987 Chevrolet Cavalier Wagon The Cannonball Bandits, 1987 Toyota Corolla FX-16 I Wanna Roc, 1989 Chevrolet Camaro Team Red Beer, 1989 Toyota Camry NYPD ITB, 1991 Mazda 323
Saturday, Oct 17
Brava, Gremlin, Trio Of Air-Cooled VWs Gird For Next Weekend's Battle: Yeehaw It's Texas LeMons! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Bayou Degradable, 1979 Ford Pinto wagon Rust Pirate Racing, 1984 Chevrolet Camaro The SCHWING Team, 1987 Toyota Corolla FX16 Unintended Acceleration - Audi, 1990 Audi 90 Quattro Hondookie, 1991 Honda CRX Unintended Acceleration - Miata, 1997 Mazda Miata
Saturday, Oct 10
The Top 122 Lemons Of The Lamest Day 24 Hours Of LeMons [24 Hours Of Lemons]
24. Dai Mondai II, Toyota Corolla FX16 Best lap: 1:29.988 26. Crown Royal Victoria, Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Best lap: 1:30.201 45. Team Sucker Punch, Chevrolet Camaro Best lap: 1:32.512 82. eLEMONators, Chevrolet Caprice Best lap: 1:31.939
Friday, Sep 18
The Top 113 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009 [24 Hours Of Lemons]
7. Dai Mondai I, Toyota Celica 8. Dai Mondai II, Toyota Corolla FX16 38. Rush Hour Racing, Ford Crown Victoria 63. Hong Norr, Honda CRX 68. Domestic Violence, Ford Crown Victoria 70. Team PLN, Toyota Celica 72. POS Racing, Honda Civic 107. Schumacher Taxi CoROLLa, Toyota Corolla FX16
Saturday, Aug 29
A Little Plexiglas, A Power Drill, And Voila! Vented Side Window For The Tercel! [Field Expedient Engineering]
I was visiting the self-service wrecking yard that brought us such Field Expedient Engineering gems as the hasp-and-padlock Cadillac Security System, the Renault Alliance Urine Sample Shift Knob, and the Lord Humungus Body Kit Oldsmobile when I came across this early-80s Toyota Cor...
Tuesday, Aug 25
It's Over: Ten Most Traded-In, Purchased Cash For Clunkers Cars [Cash For Clunkers]
The Ten Most Traded-In Vehicles 1. Ford Explorer 4WD 2. Ford F150 Pickup 2WD 3. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD 4. Ford Explorer 2WD 5. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan 2WD 6. Jeep Cherokee 4WD 7. Chevrolet Blazer 4WD 8. Chevrolet C1500 Pickup 2WD 9. Ford F150 Pickup 4WD 10. Ford Windstar FWD Van
Thursday, Aug 20
The Top 95 Lemons Of The Buttonwillow Histrionics 24 Hours Of LeMons [24 Hours Of Lemons]
44. ONSET One Night Stand Endurance Team, Chevrolet Cavalier wagon Best lap: 2:22:337 54. Skid Row Racing, Chevrolet Camaro Best lap: 2:26.807 Magnum P.I.G., Toyota MR2 Best lap: 2:27.599 Skip Barber's Racing Stools, Toyota Corolla Best lap: 2:30.560 BS Penalty laps: 15
Friday, Aug 7
Cash For Clunkers Program Actually Benefiting Truck, Crossover Sales [Cash For Clunkers]
1. Toyota Corolla 2. Ford Focus FWD 3. Honda Civic 4. Toyota Prius 5. Toyota Camry 7. Ford Escape FWD 9. Honda Fit 10. Chevrolet Cobalt 1. Ford Escape 2. Ford Focus 3. Jeep Patriot 4. Dodge Caliber 5. Ford F-150 6. Honda Civic 7. Chevrolet Silverado 8. Chevrolet Cobalt 9. Toyota Corolla 10. Ford Fusion
Saturday, Aug 1
Murilee's Movie Car Hall Of Fame [Movie Cars]
Robert Mitchum's 1950 Ford Mel Gibson's 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Ronald Reagan's 1959 Ford Dick Rude's 1976 Toyota Corolla Sunset Boulevard, 1950. Wicker bodywork. Leopard skin upholstery. 800 feet total length. Best of all, a golden telephone to speak to the driver!
Wednesday, Jul 22
What's Your Mom's Car? [Question Of The Day]
Wert's mom used to drive an old MG, an old VW Bug and the eighth Chrysler Sebring convertible ever built. Now she's a certifiable Bimmerphile, driving a Z4 in the summer and, against her son's protestations, an X3 in the cold winter months. My mother drives a 3-series, but of the Mazda variety....
Saturday, Jul 18
Austin Mini, Infiniti G20, Plymouth Duster To Compete At Buttonwillow Histrionics [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Procrastination Racing • 1970 Chevrolet Nova Skip's Barber's Racing Stools • 1977 Toyota Corolla SR5 Team Top Gun • 1982 Mazda RX-7 Octopussy • 1987 Toyota Celica Volatile RAM • 1987 Toyota MR2 Dori Dori D'oh • 1987 Toyota Supra Magnum P.I.G. • 1993 Toyota MR2 S.C.R.E.W. • 1994 Mazda Miata
Friday, Jul 17
Junkyard Jackpot: BMW 2002, Corolla GT-S, Triumph Spitfire [Junkyard Find]
That's not enough? Hey, there's something for you lovers of vintage Japanese machinery as well: a California-built 1988 Toyota Corolla GT-S. It's an automatic car, and the underhood sticker identifies the engine as a 4A-LC… but that sure looks like a 16-valve 4A to me.
Wednesday, Jun 10
2010 Lexus HS 250h: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]
Despite all outward appearances — it looks like a Toyota Corolla or even, as we first thought, the last-gen Prius jazzed up with the L-Finesse styling language — this Lexus is based on the same platform underpinning the Scion tC and foreign-market Toyota Avensis, with a fully independen...
Sunday, Jun 7
1981 Toyota Corolla Tercel Coupe [Down On The Street]
Toyota's marketers apparently got a little over-infatuated with the name of their most successful car during the early-to-mid 1980s, and so North Americans had a bewildering array of vehicles with Corolla nameplates. In this case, we've got a front-wheel-drive Tercel with Corolla ba...
Wednesday, Jun 3
Top Ten Best Selling Cars: May 2009 [Carpocalypse]
1.) Ford F-Series: 33,381 2.) Chevy Silverado: 31,463 3.) Toyota Camry: 31,325 4.) Toyota Corolla: 23,576 5.) Honda Accord: 22,597 6.) Honda Civic: 20,723 7.) Ford Fusion: 19,786 8.) Chevy Impala: 18,709 9.) Nissan Altima: 18,408 10.) Ford Escape: 16,391
Tuesday, Mar 10
What Car Do You Love To Hate? [Question Of The Day]
We will never get tired of hating on any of the recent generations of Toyota Corollas, which are uglier and less nimble than the Corolla FX16 GT-S from the mid 1980s. Seriously, if you ask any enthusiast if they'd rather have a fair condition FX16 GT-S or a brand new, loaded Corolla they'll pr...
Tuesday, Jan 20
Commenter Of The Day: The Real McCoy Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
There's much disagreement over the origin of the English idiom "The Real McCoy" though none over its implication of authenticity. Which use of "The Real McCoy" is the real McCoy? Was it named for a boxer named McCoy who proved himself after knocking a drunk on his back? Was it named for a mast...
Friday, Jan 9
Ford Fusion New Mid-Size Fuel Economy Champ, Bests Toyota, Honda [2010 Ford Fusion]
The four-cylinder Ford Fusion S is now certified at 34 mpg highway and 23 mpg in the city, topping the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord This entry-level 2010 Ford Fusion S is powered by a new 2.5-liter Duratec mated to a fuel-efficient six-speed automatic transmission
Wednesday, Nov 19
2010 Mazda3 Sedan Smiles For The Cameras [2010 Mazda3 Sedan]
Mazda's pint-sized, entry-level 2010 Mazda3 Sedan was just revealed at the 2008 LA Auto Show and if nothing else, it certainly is expressive. The new sheetmetal is complemented by more power, a new six speed manual transmission and a rather nice interior for the segment, heck for any segm...
Wednesday, Oct 22
New EPA Fuel Economy Guide Reveals Ten Most Fuel Efficient Vehicles For 2009 [I Feel Gassy]
By Highway 1.) Toyota Prius: 45 Honda Civic Hybrid: 45 3.) Volkswagen Jetta/SportWagen Diesel: 41 Smart Fortwo: 41 5.) Chevy Cobalt/Pontiac G5 XFE: 37 Mini Cooper: 37 7.) Toyota Yaris: 36 Honda Civic/Civic CNG: 36 9.) Chevy Cobalt/Pontiac G5: 35 Toyota Corolla/Honda Fit: 35 Ford Focus: 35
Tuesday, Oct 21
PCH, LeMons Hot Hatch Edition: Corolla FX16 or Volkswagen GTI Turbo? [Project Car Hell]
For that matter, the Toyota Corolla FX16 is almost too reliable to show up here, but most of them spend their entire lives with the tach needle bouncing around the 8 grand mark and the body panels scraping telephone poles, with repairs performed by 19-year-old hoons with $9.98 Taiwanese so...
Saturday, Oct 18
24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Day One: Corolla Leads, Detroit Iron 3 Of Top 5 [24 Hours Of Lemons]
What a day! Being a LeMons Supreme Court justice at the Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons event means that the action never stops; the black-flag brigade at MSR cut no slack to those who bash into each other, slide off the asphalt, spin out, or otherwise commit acts of hoonage in the low-bu...
Tuesday, Aug 26
Project Car Hell, Screamin' Corolla Edition: AE86 or FX16?
As we all know, the problem with Japanese PCH cars is that parts are too easy to find, the build quality is too high, and Japanese engineers- particularly those working for Nissan, Honda, and Toyota- tend to design them to be easy to work on. Where's the fun there? Send those guys to Europe for...
Friday, Aug 22
Intellichoice August Deals List Shows Toyota Corolla, Yaris Offering Cash Back
Subcompact Car Toyota Yaris Hatchback Compact Car under $17,000 Toyota Corolla Large Car Toyota Avalon Sport Sedan/Wagon over $38,000 Lexus GS Midsize Crossover Toyota Highlander Hybrid Small Wagon Toyota Matrix Compact Pickup 4WD Toyota Tacoma Regular Cab 4WD
Tuesday, Jun 3
2009 Lincoln MKS, First Drive
It was also a damn quiet ride, which made it hard to hear the engine shifting on the hills and such, but the tachometer said that, even on hills, the RPMs were pretty low. It's also a little strange to be roaming around the Virginia countryside (looking out for cops, even) in a huge car that feel...
Wednesday, Oct 31
2009 Toyota Corolla Unveiled
1.8-litre four-cylinder engine 132 hp @ 6,000 rpm 128 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4,400 rpm Five-speed manual and four-speed automatic transmissions 2.4-litre four-cylinder engine 158 hp @ 6,000 rpm 162 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4,000 rpm Five-speed manual and five-speed automatic transmissions
Sunday, Jul 15
Jalopnik at the D1 Grand Prix, Day Two: Finals [D1 In The Desert]
Las Vegas stringer Curtis Walker, who hasn't yet sublimated in the desert heat despite short odds to the contrary, brings us day two of the 2007 D1 Grand Prix.]. Narratively, we're always drawn to both underdogs and classic, rear-drive Japanese cars. So we caught up with John Russakoff to ge...
