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
The Next Toyota Tacoma Might Get Hybrid Power More Than 15 Years After Toyota Previewed A Hybrid Truck
Things might get a whole lot more interesting for truck buyers waiting for Toyota to drop a new Tacoma. A new report from The Fast
The Creator Of ‘Knight Rider’ Used This Bonkers Peterbilt Truck In A 1980s TV Show And Now The Truck Is For Sale
Gracing the pages on Craigslist right now is one of the weirdest semi trucks that you’ll find anywhere. This 1982 Peterbilt was built for a
My VW Kit Car Hero Curtis Brubaker Reveals The Origins Of The Legendary Box – The Autopian Podcast
One of the great things about a doing a podcast is that it gives you some sort of thin pretext to reach out to people
The Rotary Range-Extender Mazda MX-30 Could Be The Weirdest New Car On The Road
Of all the electric vehicles on sale right now, none have evoked as much of a collective “Huh?” as the Mazda MX-30. With its crossover
How To Repurpose Carvana Vending Machine Towers To Build An Automotive Paradise
I have a confession to make. With my current life, there’s no way that I can reach the level of true Autopianism that the other
Used Car Prices Keep Falling As Inflation Finally Cools
We’ve got good economic news, we’ve got bad Prii news, we’ve got news about Rivian’s startup headaches. Who could ask for anything more? Welcome to The
Everybody Have Fun Tonight: 2002 Volkswagen Cabrio vs 1992 Toyota Paseo
Welcome back to Shitbox Showdown, may I interest you in some dried apricots? It’s a snowy week in Toronto, so I’m doing what many Canadians
The Surprisingly Attractive 2023 Toyota Prius Starts At $27,450
I did not have “the Toyota Prius gets really hot” on my Bingo card for 2023, but here we are. Toyota’s stalwart hybrid car is
The Hell Is Going On Here, Again In A Field: Cold Start
There’s not much I don’t like about this picture: I’m a big fan of the rear-engined Skoda 100L, like this 1970 model shown here, and I think
The New 2023 Toyota Prius is Sleeker, Bigger, Quieter and More Powerful, So Why Am I Bummed Out?
The Toyota Prius, since its debut more than two decades ago, has always been a reasonable, responsible car. It’s the vehicle that always picked the
Here’s How Mechanics And Service Writers Make Someone’s Day A Lot Better: COTD
The business of keeping cars alive can be a tough one. Sometimes a car rolls into the shop with a problem that involves a convoluted
The One-Year-Only 1995 Ford Mustang GTS Offered A 5.0 V8 Punch In A Base Model Body: Holy Grails
Welcome back to Holy Grails, the Autopian series where you show off some of the coolest, most underrated cars that you love. Keep those grails
Would You Rather Spend Over $250,000 On A Mercedes-Maybach S680 Haute Voiture Or Buy These Nine Incredible Cars?
Luxury fashion and luxury cars are linked tighter than sausages, and Mercedes-Maybach is exploring these links further with a very posh 2023 S-Class called the
The Taylor-Dunn Bigfoot Is The 2022 ‘Autopian Truck Of The Year’
That feeling in the air, the electricity, the pervasive, almost erotic tension — you feel that, don’t you? Of course you do. You’re a human, pulsating
‘The Worst Set Of Brakes I Have Seen In My Career’ — A Mobile Mechanic Shares Why He Intentionally Disabled A Customer’s Car
It’s no secret that people can be quite bad at taking care of cars, and that mechanics often see some crazy things in the field
Smart’s Newest Electric SUV Is Pretty But Completely Unrecognizable As A Smart
Last weekend, a photo popped up in my news feed with the caption “Smart #3…” under it. Still coughing out my lungs and dosed up
The Autopian Chooses The Coolest Cars You’ll Finally Be Able To Import To America In 2023
With a new year on the horizon, it’s an exciting time for those of us who yearn for vehicles from distant shores. The 25-year import
How A Pilot Turned An Airport Catering Truck Into A Sky-High Mechanical Treehouse
This weekend my YouTube recommends lit up with an RV conversion whose feasibility I’ve wondered about for years. You know those trucks with boxes on
The Mercury Villager Nautica Always Reminded Me Of This Particular Shoe: Mercury Monday
Quick, what do you think of when you think of the Nautica clothing brand? If you’re like me, your mind will soon be flooded with
These Are The Only Two Small SUVs That Did A ‘Good’ Job Of Protecting Rear Passengers In New IIHS Test
There’s big crash test news from the IIHS today showing that automakers could be doing a better job of protecting rear passengers. Plus, we’ve got
