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
This Feels Kind Of Like A New Yorker Cartoon: Cold Start
I’m not exactly sure what it is about this page from the 1959 Imperial brochure, specifically the page for the Imperial LeBaron. That’s right, the
Fiat Barchetta, Daihatsu Midget, Volvo V70 R: Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness
Welcome back to Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness! As you know, working with cars is a blessing and a curse for me. Just look at the 21 vehicles
Automotive Would You Rather: Gnome Teleportation Magic Or Cult Leader Racing Skills?
As I type this, there’s the beginnings of a huge storm brewing outside, I’ve seen dogs and lawn furniture flying by, and there’s waves of
Mitsubishi Was A Great Car Company In 1999
Looking at photos of Nissan throughout the years yesterday brought me back to the late ’90s when Japanese car companies were solidifying their careful ascent
It’s Been Six Months Of The Autopian! Let’s Talk.
You know what’s something time does better than over half the cars in my fleet? Moves. Forward, even, unrelentingly, unstoppably. Since the Autopian started, that
How I Actually Saved Money By Printing 3D Parts For My Truck
The worst part of fixing up an old car is not repairing rusted out body panels, unsticking fasteners that have welded themselves into place, or
I Went To England And Came Back Obsessed With These Miniature Steam Engines
My fellow Autopians, Have you ever seen something and instantly known from the very bottom of your soul, from the depths of your very essence,
This Could Be A Fix For The Stupid Little Arcs So Many Rear Window Wipers Make
One of our great founders here at the Autopian has made it his life’s work to call out the inadequacies of most of the current
The Utes Of The Nation: 1964 Ford Falcon Ranchero vs 1981 Chevrolet El Camino
Welcome to another no-price-limit Friday edition of Shitbox Showdown! As you may have noticed, September has been Ute Month here at the Autopian, owing to
Toyota President Says Electric Cars Farther Out Than “The Media Would Like Us To Believe”
Good morning! Today we’re talking about electric cars, bikes, and buses (oh my!). All this and more in today’s issue of The Morning Dump. Welcome
The Age Of Lamp Fighting: Cold Start
It’s not usually discussed in polite company, but among midcentury middle-class Americans there was really only one true forbidden vice: lamp fighting. Lamp fighting was
Elon Musk Tweets That Cybertruck Will Have A Feature That VW Beetles Had Over 80 Years Ago
Who’s excited about the Tesla Cybertruck? Plenty of people, that’s who! Think over a million people who plonked down real, human money to reserve a
The Citroën Oli Concept Is An EV Made From Cardboard And Good Ideas
In an uncertain world, it’s hard to find constants that you can cling to, some sort of anchor of consistency that you can rely on.
My Camper Has So Much Water Damage That The Walls Are Falling Apart And The Floor Split Beneath My Feet
While I was at the giant RV Open House in Indiana, I received news about one of the travel trailers in my immediate family’s fleet.
See The Evolution Of Nissan Through The Incredible Cars Brought To The Tokyo Motor Show Over The Years
Jason’s post earlier about the drawings that led to the Pao sent me down a deep Internet k-hole of Nissan press releases and Nissan press
A Professional Car Designer Draws The Modern Fox Body We Wish Existed
“Watch THIS!” cackled The Bishop as he threw a Mustang II and a Mustang S550 pair of diecast models into the the Autopian Matter Transporter
The 2022 BMW i4 M50 Is A Faster, Electric M3
If someone has already invented time travel we wouldn’t necessarily know it for some time or, possibly, ever know. The world as we see it
The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon FarOut Is The Last EcoDiesel Wrangler
It took longer than expected, but it seems that diesel is finally dying in North America. The latest casualty is the Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel, and
A Daydreaming Designer Looks At An Alternate Van Reality for Volkswagen
It’s always depressing to see when people have the answer right in their hands yet are either totally unaware of it or unwilling to act.
Adding Big Cartoony Eyes To Self-Driving Cars Seems Silly But Actually Makes A Lot Of Sense
One of the most under-appreciated problems with self-driving cars isn’t really a technological problem at all; it’s a social and communication problem. The issue is
