
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
Here’s My Very First Look At The Two Dilapidated Chrysler Valiant Utes I Bought In Australia
“I flew 20 hours to Australia for this?!” I thought to myself as I looked out into a paddock housing two old Chrysler Valiant utes overgrown

Parts Bin Puzzle: What’s Under The Fiberglass Of These Quirky Amphibious Kit Cars?
Welcome back to Parts Bin Puzzle, the Autopian challenge where we give you a vehicle and you figure out where its bits came from! We’re

Today I Learned That KITT from Knight Rider Had A Rubber Shell And There Was A VW-Powered One
I can’t recall exactly what sent me down this particular path into the world of David Hasselhoff and the sentient, fussy-sounding Trans Am known as

I Ran Into My First Car At A House Party
I’m a sucker for a good house party. Not only are the vibes impeccable and the music often well-curated, you never know who you’ll run

Here Are The Wildest Chinese Electric Sports Cars You Haven’t Heard Of
Everybody wants electric sports cars. They are quick with all that low-RPM torque and low transient response times; plus, penguins approve. Today we take a

Banged-Up Grandpa-Mobiles: 1997 Cadillac DeVille vs 2000 Chrysler LHS
Well, here we are again. And oh look, we’ve got a couple of cheap cars to consider! Today, we’re running with the Early Bird Specials

Big Rig Builder Quantron Claims This Hydrogen Truck Has A 900-Mile Range
Quantron shows off some massive new hydrogen trucks, auto companies are spending less on ads, there’s a new Subaru Crosstrek. Al this and more in

Soviet Youth Culture’s Little Known Forest Lecture Dating: Cold Start
Growing up in the Soviet Union presented a number of challenges for youth culture that wanted to be free of the restrictive demands of the

TVR Tuscan S, Chevrolet Blazer Chalet, Namco Pony Super: Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness
Welcome back to Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness! As you know, working with cars is a blessing and a curse for me. I definitely have a problem with buying too

The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT EV Concept Looks Surprisingly Production-Like
As I walked through Detroit Auto Show security into Huntington Place, a grey glimmer caught my eye. Sitting on the turntable at the Stellantis stand

Automotive Would You Rather: Traffic Imperviousness Or Pound Cake Sculpture?
Okay, I didn’t quite manage to get an Automotive Would You Rather last week, but I sort of made a half-hearted promise to a child

Here’s What It Cost To Drive A Dirty Diesel 760 Miles Vs An EV 500 Miles
Thomas and I just got home from covering our first Detroit North American International Auto Show. I think I can say that we both had

We Need To Talk About The ‘Saddle Fins’ On Australia’s Chrysler Royal
Covered in grease from head to toe, and unbelievably tired from wrenching on a hopeless 1969 Chrysler Valiant ute, my Australian host Laurence and I

How A Weed From A Pennsylvania Farm Became A Miracle ‘Cure’ For Roadside Erosion
One day when I was out jogging, I noticed these round purple-ish flowers that seem to be ubiquitous along mid-Atlantic roadsides. Curious about their history

Here’s Why This One Car Brand Isn’t Going Fully EV Anytime Soon
Dacia’s not going green so fast, lithium prices are sky-rocketing anyway, and the trial for Nikola founder Trevor Milton had a pretty huge reveal today.

Caveat Emptor: 2003 Jaguar X-Type vs 2000 Lexus GS300
Baltasar Gracián once wrote: “It is better to be cheated by the price than the merchandise.” I fully agree. While it’s nice to get a

What The Hell? Is This A Cock Fight In An Old Triumph Motorcycle Ad?: Cold Start
Here’s something I bet you never considered before: is the Triumph name based on the feeling of triumph a victorious rooster gets when he vanquishes

See If You Can Figure Out What The Hell These Old Car Ads Are Talking About
I think I must live on a mail route that doesn’t get serviced well, because I only just today got my July 4, 1908 issue

Our Daydreaming Designer Imagines Bricklin’s Vision Of A Yugoslavian Built Safety Car
I’ve heard it said that no one in history was as qualified to start a new car company as former Chevrolet division chief John DeLorean.

E-Bikes Have Been Around A Lot Longer Than You Might Think
I’m always intrigued when I learn that something we consider modern actually has much older roots. There are tons of examples in automotive history, as








