Offbeat

The internet is full of weird things, and every once in a while we come across something that seems really off. This is the case with a set of pictures showing a three-door conversion of a five-door Suzuki Swift, when there was a three-door variant available right from the factory! For those who are not

2021 has been a year of shortages as we’ve seen a chip crisis, part shortages and low inventories of new vehicles. However, the latest shortage is a bit surprising as Washington state is running out of metal license plates. According to the Thurston County Auditor’s Office, there’s a statewide license plate shortage which is due

As cities become more and more crowded, there becomes an ever-increasing need for smaller forms of personal transportation. That’s where Corentin Janel and Guillaume Innocenti come in with their “TOD” (Talk or Drive), a rideable bench that won the Ford Fund Smart Mobility Challenge. “A rideable bench is a great example of how design can

If you’ve spent any time in a European city, you might have come across some pretty strange looking shrunken city cars that make even a Chevy Spark seem as substantial as a three-row SUV. They’re technically known as quadricycles, which means they’re exempt from certain new car regulations if they meet various power and weight

The Chevrolet Silverado was never designed with drifting in mind, but seemingly spurred on by onlookers at a recent car event in the U.S., one driver thought he would try his hand at kicking out the tail of the pickup. This video shared to Reddit shows the driver powersliding around a traffic island but he

In response to the popular four-seat Ford Thunderbird of the early ’60s, Chevrolet’s boss, Ed Cole, commissioned a study for a “four-place” Corvette. The prototype was destroyed before it could make it to production, but GM Design’s Instagram team chose to remind us of the car this week. With four seats that were apparently big

Open-top SUVs like the Nissan Murano Convertible have failed to catch on, yet the owner of a Jeep Liberty in the U.S. recently decided to convert his off-roader into a droptop. This Jeep Liberty started out just like any other but its roof was seriously damaged after a tree branch fell on it. Rather than

Teens going on a double-date in an American car is a concept as old as time. Or, at least as old as the drive-in movie theater. But a double date at the drag strip? Well, we certainly wouldn’t advise anyone to go drag racing with three other people in the car, as anything can go

Every year, 14.5 trillion cigarette butts end up as litter around the world. The tiny pieces of trash end up all over the place but, in one case, they ended up in the hands of a four-year-old on Scheveningen Beach on the Netherlands coast. So his dad decided to do something about it. Together with

Driving in rainy conditions presents all kinds of risks, but one you probably haven’t considered before relates to manhole covers. While manhole covers should be secured to the road, they can sometimes get displaced by water and that’s exactly what happened in Hungary recently, badly damaging a Fiat Punto. Watch Also: Overconfident Driver Adds To

A security camera has captured the moment that two cars reversed into each other in Itapolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil in a scene that you wouldn’t believe was possible if it wasn’t recorded on video. The footage was filmed outside an automotive repair center and shows the driver of a white Chevrolet Onix reversing out onto

A few days ago we showed you a video from an Audi dealership in Leverkusen being filled with water during the catastrophic floods in Germany and Belgium, while yesterday, a new video was sent to us, showing a similar case in the Porsche Centre Heilbronn dealership. Unfortunately, the situation is not over yet for the two European countries, with

If you were to come across this old Honda Civic at a set of traffic lights, you could be fooled into thinking you would leave it in the wake of your European hot hatch. However, chances are that this third-generation Civic from the 1980s would shock many sports car owners. Images of this Civic were

The Hyundai Accent is just an adequate, and affordable, means to get from Point A to B. A 1969 Ford Mustang, on the other hand, positively exudes excitement. But what would happen if you tried turning a Hyundai into the Mustang? That’s exactly what Dream Customs India did with their 2009 Accent, and it didn’t

This bizarre Fiat 500 may look like a weird project car that someone created in their garage but that couldn’t be further from the truth. This image was shared to Reddit after being snapped on the Autobahn and quickly raised a lot of questions across the forum. A little bit of research reveals that this

Lamborghini might have built its reputation on the back of screaming V10s and V12s, but it’s now firmly ready to embrace the electric age. Back in May this year, CEO Stephan Winkelmann announced a bold electrification strategy that will see Lamborghini hybridise its entire range by 2024, and introduce a fourth model, a brand new

Racing up the famed Goodwood hillclimb is not without its risks and over the weekend, two rare Jaguar models crashed at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The first incident took place during the final day of the event and involved a rare XJR-12D Group C Le Mans race car. Behind the wheel of the

A 2006 Ford GT that is just begging to be saved will soon be auctioned off by Copart and could prove to be one of the most affordable GTs that actually runs. The listing reveals that this GT has only ever been driven 714 miles (1,149 km) but it was unfortunately involved in an accident.

Following a spike in reported thefts, police in Montreal, Canada, are inviting motorists to register their vehicle’s catalytic converter to help deter criminals. Drivers were invited to drive to one of three registration sites yesterday in the Montreal area, according to a report in the Montreal Gazette. Once there, the police gave owners an identification

The Ferrari 488 Pista is one of the Italian automaker’s finest-ever supercars and while this example has been badly damaged in a crash, it seems likely that someone will repair it and return it back to its former glory. This 488 Pista is listed up for auction through Copart in New York and has an

A fight broke out at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course during a Stadium Super Trucks race in support of IndyCar last weekend. The fight culminated in one driver, Bo LeMastus, throwing his steering wheel at another driver, Bill Hynes. The fight started after the race ended, as Hynes looped LeMastus’ truck. Speaking to The Checkered

The Tesla Model S may have all-wheel drive but that doesn’t mean you can drive it on sand, as the owner of this example recently discovered. This image was recently shared by The Smoking Tire’s Matt Farah and shows a silver Model S stuck in the sand while its owner was trying to find a

Automotive supergroup, Stellantis, has announced it is spending over €30 billion ($36.6 bn) between now and 2025 on its electrification program. But what we want to know is how much of that humungous pile of cash was peed up the wall on the impossibly lame eco-themed catchphrases also revealed today for each of the company’s

A Ferrari GTC4Lusso and a Porsche 918 Spyder have been damaged in China after being hit by a BMW 3-Series in an underground parking lot. Based on local reports and some very dodgy translations, it is understood that the incident happened on July 4 when a wife and a husband got into an argument while

A dashcam has captured the moment that a Jeep Grand Cherokee was hit by lightning as many as four times! This clip was recently filmed near Waverly, Kansas in the midst of a heavy thunderstorm. The Jeep can be seen approaching an intersection when all of a sudden, a bolt of lightning hits it. A

California Highway Patrol recently pulled over the driver of a Toyota Prius who had installed a satellite dish on the car’s hood. These two photos were shared to Facebook by the CHP after Officer T. Caton noticed something a little off with the bright red Prius. Images show a Starlink dish, used by Elon Musk’s

General Motors has discontinued the CD players from all of its passenger cars for the 2022 model year, putting another nail to the coffin of the once-dominant music format. Back in the ’00s, there was almost no car offered without a CD player, but twenty years later music streaming services are the new king, making

Horsepower is one of the key metrics of a car, as well as the subject of discussions regarding how much you actually need or can really use on public roads. No matter where you stand on that matter, it turns out that a fourth-generation Civic needs just two people power (and sometimes just one) to

Valuable supercars usually spend most of their time inside heated garages but this is not the case with the yellow-wrapped Ferrari F40, the owner of which enjoyed a long drifting session on dirt and grass. The Italian supecar appears on a YouTube video by TheTFJJ going around a dirt track. The loose traction makes the F40 even

In a move that sounds like something straight out of George Orwell’s dystopian nightmare, 1984, the European Union has declared that all new cars sold in Europe and introduced after 2022 must be fitted with speed limiters. This isn’t news; the decision was made in 2019, but it’s worth revisiting because what seemed like a