Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Peter Nelson)

In a worldwide economy, the cars offered within the U.S. market are sometimes seen across the remainder of the world — and particularly the enthusiast models. The Porsche 911, for instance, is way the identical here because it is in Europe, and the identical goes for the Volkswagen GTI, save for a number of select trims. Irritatingly, Europe gets the present fastest front-wheel drive production automobile on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the GTI Edition 50, but for some reason, we don’t. But I digress. The purpose is that almost all performance models make it to markets worldwide.  But greater than 25…

James Gilbert/Getty Images Automotive technology has advanced unbelievably far for the reason that first horseless carriage Benz rolled out of a workshop and onto the general public road, over 140 years ago. But its evolution into the cars of today is not only due to driving around on the general public road — motorsport has played an enormous role, too. It’s pretty cool to think that even essentially the most mundane and basic rides feature innovations that were originally designed and tested on race tracks around the globe. They vary from quite simple to quite complex, and either first appeared and…

Chris Davies/Jalopnik We are able to only imagine that it’s hard for automakers to shake certain reputations, which could also be favorable to those who have had some reliability issues, like Toyota. Regardless of a number of recalls, it’s generally viewed favorably for producing sturdy, reliable, and value-rich models. It’s gotta be tough for BMW, though, which has achieved notoriety for oil leaks, high-pressure fuel system issues, timing chains that wear out too quickly, and diverse other ills. Still, there are some solid old Bimmers on the market. But what if, despite these flaws, owners still viewed these brands favorably,…