
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

Seven Cheap Cars I’d Be Tempted To Buy Right Now If Enough People Became Autopian Members
Crap crap crap. I’m trying to sell some of my cars off, but my right pointer finger can’t help but hover above my laptop’s “F”

The 2023 Subaru WRX Miraculously Only Costs $31,625
It’s Friday and we’re celebrating with a relatively modest Subaru WRX price bump, a tanker bottleneck in the mighty Bosphorus, a big UAW win, and

Australian Civil War: 1980 Holden Commodore vs 1989 Ford Falcon S
Welcome back to Shitbox Showdown, where we trawl through the used car classifieds in search of the greatest shits. As we continue on our global

2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray Leaked On GM Website And As A Result, The Whole Internet
Remember those rumors of an electrified Corvette? Sure you do, it’s all you would talk about! You even showed me this article from the Old

Accuracy Schmaccuracy: Cold Start
Volkswagen’s ad campaign from the 1960s, the funny, refreshingly frank one from ad agency Doyle Dane Bernbach with the clear black-and-white photography and snappy copy

The 2023 Ford GT Mk IV Is The Best A Ford GT Could Ever Be
Oh, I’m sorry, did you think the Ford GT LM was the final Ford GT? Not quite. Ford and its partner Multimatic have created a

What We’re Willing To Do For You To Buy Some Rich Corinthian Leather: COTD
Today marks a huge day for us at the Autopian. Not only have we upgraded our systems, but we’ve launched the Autopian Membership Experience. Now,

Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Latest ‘Project Cactus’ Update: For Autopian Members
Monday, folks. I’m spending all weekend writing the second-to-last Project Cactus update, because it’s a long one, complete with a 50 minute video! That’s a

This Demonic BMW E21 Has An M5’s 600 Horsepower V10 That Will Probably Kill You
I’ve been bitten by the BMW bug. Since picking up a manual BMW X5 and the Bishop’s E39 5 Series, I’ve been falling into the

How Our Daydreaming Designer Would Turn An Old Mail Truck Into An Amazing Mini Camper
There’s a timeless quality to all-aluminum recreational vehicles. Even if you look beyond the light weight and almost matchless durability, there is something iconic about

The SARIT Is A Tiny Electric Microcar From Canada With A Strange Gasoline-Doomsday Sales Pitch
Imagine for a second that you were the billionaire head of an automotive parts and manufacturing company. What passion project would you spend your billions

The Triumph TR7’s Taillights Were Way More Influential Than You Think
Have you ever heard that quote from Brian Eno about the Velvet Underground? He said “the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but

What Are The Best Cars To Cheaply Buy From Carvana If It Implodes? : Open Thread
Carvana, the chain of used car dealerships that distribute vehicles through giant vending machines powered by questionable loans and pure economic hopium, isn’t having the

This Beautiful Fiberglass Camper Is Like A 1950s Cadillac Turned Into An RV
One of the more exciting things happening in the RV world right now is the rise of fiberglass campers. These wonderful, often egg-shaped campers are

How I Twin-Turbocharged My Econoline Van’s Tractor Engine Using Cheap Amazon Parts
Autopia! I, Charles, the Last Defender of the Knights of the Terrible Van, have returned from my glorious voyage of conquest (by which I mean
We Are All Underestimating The Chevy Tracker
How is it possible that a $700 car has offered the single best ownership experience of any vehicle I’ve ever purchased, especially given that the

Watch IIHS Slam An Old F-150 Overloaded To 9,500 Pounds Into A Barrier In The Name Of EV Crash Testing
Last week, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) published footage of a crash test quite unlike the usual new car carnage we’re used to

The World’s Biggest Shipping Company Wants To Ban Gas-Powered Trucks
It’s Membership Day here at The Autopian and we’ve got shipping conglomerates asking for zero emissions (from trucks), Elon Musk asking for cheaper loans, dealers

Big In Japan: 1982 Toyota Crown Super Deluxe vs 1997 Suzuki Alto Works Turbo F Limited ie/s
Welcome back to Shitbox Showdown, where we highlight what are indisputably some of the cars on the internet. Today, we’re going to Japan to go

Cold Start: Of Rivoltas And Ramblers
I’ve always been really fond of the ISO Rivolta, a Corvette engine in a dashing Italian pantsuit. I happened to look at one just now








