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These Are The Best Obscure Concept Cars According To Our Readers Sometimes concept cars become legendary in their own right, even though they were intended from the beginning to never go into production. Just think about how you felt the first time you saw the Chrysler ME 412 concept. Or that twinge of hope you felt when Mazda showed off the RX-Vision. Or just how much the Maybach… Read more…

U.S. Bridge Safety Standards Based On ‘Outdated’ Regulations Developed In West Germany Protection around America’s bridges has been thrown into question in recent weeks after a massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month. Now, it’s emerged that the safety standards many U.S. bridges are built to are actually based on antiquated models developed in West… Read more…

Tesla Creates Website To Convince Shareholders To Make Elon Musk $55 Billion Richer Elon Musk is filthy, stinking rich. Despite Tesla’s current troubles resulting in his net worth tumbling a few billion, he’s still the third richest person on the planet. Apparently that wealth isn’t enough for him or Tesla. Now, the company actually created a website to convince shareholders that their part-time CEO… Read more…

Local Motors Rally Fighter, Dodge Viper RT/10, Yamaha XSR900: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online Folks, happy Friday. Did this week feel like it was all Fridays to anyone else? Monday was a Monday, but from Tuesday on everything just felt like the weekend was right around the corner. As it turns out, forever approaching the weekend without ever reaching it isn’t as fun as it sounds. Read more…

Watch Amazing Long Beach Grand Prix Onboards Through The Decades The Long Beach Grand Prix has been a major piece of international motorsport mystique since its inception in the mid-1970s. This is a race that has showcased Formula 5000, F1, CART, Champ Car, IndyCar, Formula E, sports cars, and vintage racers —and a bunch of other stuff too — though not always at the same time.… Read more…

Is Fernando Alonso The Aston Martin Taylor Swift Sings About On ‘Tortured Poets?’ It’s a big day. Taylor Swift just released her heartbreaking new album and surprised fans by making it a whopping double release with 31 songs and more than two-hours of new music. Have you listened yet? If so, have you spotted the subtle Aston Martin reference that some fans think is a nod to Formula 1 racer Fernando… Read more…

At $34,500, Is This 1971 Ford Torino GT A Classic Bargain? According to the seller, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Torino convertible is one of 1,613 GTs built for 1971. There are likely way fewer left today, so let’s find out what such scarcity might reasonably be worth. Read more…

A Muslim valedictorian is abandoned by her own university (RNS) — The decision to bar Asna Tabassum from speaking shows academic institutions are failing to protect students equally. The post A Muslim valedictorian is abandoned by her own university appeared first on Religion News Service.

Animal cruelty officer-turned-animal chaplain Matty Giuliano loves ferrets and St. Francis EATONTOWN, N.J. (RNS) — ‘I know there are plenty of people out there who believe animals have no souls,’ said Giuliano. ‘And I cannot accept one of God’s creation is, spiritually, the equivalent of a cup of ice cream.’ The post Animal cruelty officer-turned-animal chaplain Matty Giuliano loves ferrets and St. Francis appeared first on Religion N…

Israelis prepare for a Passover overshadowed by war and loss JERUSALEM (RNS) — Some households in Israel are limiting the number of Seder guests out of fear that Iran or one of its proxies will attack Israel during the Passover observance. The post Israelis prepare for a Passover overshadowed by war and loss appeared first on Religion News Service.

Europe’s Jews expand security program as they grapple with antisemitic fallout of Gaza war (RNS) — After being piloted in six communities, a European Community-sponsored security program, EUCARE, is now ready to be implemented across the continent. The post Europe’s Jews expand security program as they grapple with antisemitic fallout of Gaza war appeared first on Religion News Service.

Ford Wants To Remind You Of All The Times The Mustang Had A Good Livery By Giving It A Bad Livery When was the last time you saw a truly good racing livery? Think about it for a minute. A great stand-alone livery that will be looked back on as iconic in fifty years time, one that isn’t a throwback or homage, one that isn’t just a mishmash of black, white, and red —that’s a true rarity these days. I will say that i… Read more…

$10 Doesn’t Buy Much These Days, But It’ll Get You 3 Shares Of Vinfast With Some Change Left Over Considering how bad our first experience with the VinFast VF8 was, it didn’t seem like the best idea for VinFast to go public. Then again, no one at Jalopnik is an investment expert, so maybe someone smarter was giving better advice we just couldn’t understand. Right out of the gate, it looked like we couldn’t… Read more…

BMW’s ‘The Hire’ Short Films Are The Best Car Ads We Ever Got Read more…

San Jose Cops Caught Asking Drivers, ‘Are There Any Dead Babies In The Car?’ When you get pulled over, you generally expect the officer to ask for your license and registration. You generally don’t expect to be interrogated over whether or not you’re transporting any children’s corpses. And yet, that’s what an independent audit of the San Jose Police Department found happened at least twice… Read more…

Make This Street-Legal Ferrari Race Car Your New Daily Driver And Be As Cool As You Are Uncomfortable There is an old French adage that goes “one must suffer to be beautiful.” I don’t know much about that, but I would posit that one certainly must suffer to be truly cool. Everything in this world worth experiencing has a bit of a hard edge to it, a thing you have to give up to get it. That’s how cool is built. And if… Read more…

Lucid Air Grand Touring Keeps Best-In-The-U.S. EV Range Despite Tougher EPA Test The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring is getting some important updates that’ll take its world-beating 516 miles of range in 2023 to… 516 miles of range. I know that sounds wrong, but it’s actually correct: See, Lucid says the EPA made its electric range test more challenging for 2024, but thanks to a new heat pump and… Read more…

Curmudgucation: The Panic Is No Accident Curmudgucation: The Panic Is No Accident There was a curious piece in Education Week Friday, in which Deborah Loewenberg Ball ponders the question, “Why Is the Nation Invested in Tearing Down Public Education?”  She focuses in particular on the most recent iteration: For the past four years, we have been retelling a shared narrativ…

New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job CHICAGO (AP) —Haynes, 63, said he felt it was “necessary” to move on in light of “challenges that continue to exist,” but declined to elaborate further. The post New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job appeared first on Religion News Service.

Air Canada Employee Arrested Over $15 Million Airport Gold Heist Exactly a year after 6,600 bars of 99.99-percent pure gold were reported missing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Peel Regional Police has announced multiple arrests in connection with the brazen heist seemingly ripped straight from the silver screen. Law enforcement claims two Air Canada employees were… Read more…