Jean Jennings

Vile Gossip, Autoblog
Jean Jennings has been writing about cars for more than 30 years, after stints as a taxicab driver and as a mechanic in the Chrysler Proving Grounds Impact Lab. She was a staff writer at Car and Driver magazine, the first executive editor and former president and editor-in-chief of Automobile Magazine, the founder of the blog Jean Knows Cars and former automotive correspondent for Good Morning America. She has lifetime awards from both the Motor Press Guild and the New England Motor Press Association. This is her first column for Autoblog — look for more Vile Gossip in the future.  
6 Articles by Jean
May 15, 2018 Featured
One Lap of America, with three times the madness

Driving fast with Parnelli Jones, Walker Evans, Hurley Haywood

My ringer of a driver and I both sucked at the confusing Time-Speed-Distance high math, so we hired a pro navigator from California, a guy who'd won a cross-country race doing these TSD equations the whole way. He got us lost the minute we hit the U.P., which meant we were doomed.

Jean Jennings
Feb 16, 2018 Featured
Vile Gossip: Ladies who launch

Having a blast in a Bugatti Veyron and a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

The Don was aiming to secretly execute the Veyron's first launch-control blastoff in captivity. I had only a rudimentary idea of what he was talking about, but it sounded like it was going to be exciting.

Jean Jennings
Jan 5, 2018 Opinion
Vile Gossip: My Jeep Wrangler dreams

Jean Jennings recounts her Jeep adventures, from the Pig of Bronze to an '87 YJ to the 2018 stalwart.

The interior is modern and packed with tons of storage and more connectivity; it was designed with a deft touch by someone who watched, listened and then nailed it.

Jean Jennings