Matthew DeBord's posts

You do a bit of writin' for a living, you fall into some patterns, habits, etc. Like, you see certain words, you…

Try this on for size: Between the wars, at its pinnacle in the 20th century, Britain exerted dominion over almost…

Sometimes we're astonished by the kinds of spin we witness around Green issues. Take Union Pacific, for example.…

Yowser! Sometimes our commentariat gets a tad b**tchy, and we mean that in the best possible way, because it usually…

They say you haven't really arrived in New York until you've made it into a certain tabloid. Which sells for less…

What is it about wildly influential California artists and their romance with the automobile? Heck, if cars had…

Our whip-wielding road crew warden gallant leader put on his bespoke suit and Burberry cravat at the New York Auto…

We all love the mythology of Area 51 and all, but when it comes to great exercises in pop-cultural paranoia, secret…

Bentley is refreshing. Their ultra-luxe, mega-horsepower sleds, favored rides of autocrats, royalty and rap tycoons,…

A certain South Korean carmaker was keeping busy after hours in the City That Does Not Know Sleep: Kia brough us…

The team's all here at the Javits Center and ready to go. If you've read all our coverage so far, feel free to skip…

Wow, it's been a thrilling first day here at the New York Auto Show. We've been postin' like mad, and the Jalopnik…

It was just like old times! On the eve of the New York Auto Show, several Jalopnik staffers hopped into a cab,…

Let's just get this out of the way up front so you can come back later: Bentley brought no new luxurious nor…

Just prior to Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli's New York Auto Show keynote speech this morning, some guy who works for The…

Did you know that Bob Nardelli is a "car guy?" He is, baby. Of course, that didn't stop him from trotting out…

The car show circuit has wound its merry way to the Big Apple. And with the New York Auto Show about to commence, we…

It sure is. Maybe we're just unusually attuned, having been rendered all self-reliant by SoCal life, where being…

Beware the Ides of March. By now, Chrysler's Pacifica Design Center in Carlsbad, CA should be a warren of…

The Formula One season gets started this weekend in Australia, so of course Jackie Stewart (number 8 on the top 100…