A Daydreaming Designer Imagines The Corvair Surviving Into Days Of Disco
Like a river that don’t know where it’s flowing I took a wrong turn and I just kept going The above lyrics to Springsteen’s Hungry
Never Leave A Trail Worse Than You Find It, Or Else You May Lose It
I Drove A VinFast VF8 And It Wasn’t As Bad As I Expected
A Man Fitted A Cadillac Brougham With A Tire-Shredding 370 HP Corvette Engine Then Tried To Sell It To The Public
Last month, a reader submitted a vehicle for our Holy Grails series that’s been stuck in my head ever since. In the 1980s, a company
These Strange And Wildly ’70s Toy Cars Are Samples Of A Weird Aesthetic That’s Pretty Much Extinct Now
In a little detail about my life that will likely shock precisely nobody, my desk is pretty well covered with little toy cars and robots
Two Shops, Three Engine Removals, And Too Much Oil On The Ground: How My Porsche Cayenne Became A Diesel Nightmare
Ever have a situation go so far sideways that you can’t even be mad anymore? One of those moments where you just kinda let it
When It’s Time To Say Goodbye To Your Car: Tales From A Service Advisor
I’m a service advisor in a little shop in the Pacific Northwest. For the most part my job is what you would expect. Scheduling and
Our Daydreaming Designer Shows Us Why David Should Have Taken That Ridiculous Houseboat Trade For His $700 Chevy Tracker
The magnitude of certain opportunities is sometimes not obvious. Things that we might perceive at first to be a curse can turn into be blessings
Here Are The Cheapest Cool Cars Set To Cross The Auction Block At Paris’ Legendary ‘Retromobile’ Classic Car Show
It’s easy to feel alienated by fancy car auctions. With all the headlines of vintage Ferraris trading for exorbitant prices, the whole scene just feels
Travis Pastrana Salutes Ken Block With Throwback Rallycross Livery
Even referring to Ken Block in the past tense hurts. His impact across every aspect of car culture was profound. From professional drivers and amateur
The Perfect Five Car Garage Does Exist: Member Rides
There’s no real, actual, perfect five car garage. What I like and what you like is different. That’s great. We celebrate that here. Member theotherotter, though,
Toyota’s Back, Baby
Happy Friday, and welcome back to The Morning News Roundup Whose Official Name Remains Under Discussion, Mostly Because We’re All Busy With Other Stuff And
Keep Austin Shifting Gears: 2002 Subaru Baja vs 2007 Saab 9-3
Good morning, Autopians, and happy Friday! Today’s Shitbox Showdown takes us deep in the heart of Texas, and just a little bit outside our normal
Drive Without Rhythm And You Won’t Attract The Worm: Cold Start
The Austin Princess/Morris 1800 was, I think, a pretty good-looking car, with a roomy fastback design and some sleek lines. Sure, it may have seemed
GM Is Considering A Baby EV Pickup Truck That Could Start Under $30,000
If I have one really major criticism of General Motors these days, it’s that it sometimes feels like a follower in various areas, not a
Watch How Difficult It Is To Rip A Car Door Off Its Hinges Like In The Movies
It’s practically a Hollywood trope that an action movie hero or villain can turn any car into a Jeep instantly. Yes, I’m talking about ripping
I Drove Winnebago’s New Electric Camper Van And It Excites Me About The Future Of RVs
Winnebago believes the future of RVs, at some level, will involve electrification. The latest version of Winnebago’s experimental, Ford Transit-based camper is out and I
An Engineer Describes The ‘Ideal Brake Curve’ And Why Cars Have Such Vastly Different Brake Sizes
When brake engineers start the work of designing a new brake system for a car, the first thing they do is create something called the
A Lawyer Explains How Someone Can Sue An Insurance Company For Catching An STI In A Car
I’m guessing you’ve seen the news stories about a woman who had sex in a 2014 Hyundai Genesis with some person who apparently didn’t tell
Alpine Is Coming To The United States And Appears To Already Be Screwing It Up
Oscar Wilde said there are only two great tragedies in life: one is not getting what you want and the other, appropriate for today’s news,
Now That BMW iXs Are Driving Around: Do You Think It Looks Better Or Worse Than Initial Pictures?
Sometimes as a journalist, you have to fall on your sword and admit that you were too harsh, and that’s what I’m doing today. Back
We Really Ought To Give Iowa A Try: 1995 Chevy S-10 vs 1986 Ford F-150
Welcome to another Shitbox Showdown! Today, in my contuing efforts to spread the pins in the map out a bit, we’re heading to the Midwest,
Heeeyyyyyyy: Cold Start
Sometimes I’ll pick images for Cold Start from these vintage car brochures because the car is interesting, or there’s an interesting if tangential story, or
