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
Cold Start: I Wonder What’s In That Little Tiny Box Back There
One of my favorite categories of automotive brochure art is what I’d call the Loading Fantasy genre, where a schematized cutaway of the car is
I Bought This Chevy Tracker For $700. Here’s Why Fixing It Has Cost Over Twice That
This article was meant to be a victory lap for me and my most recent automotive purchase. Initially titled “How I Turned A $700 Chevy
Canada’s Can-Am Will Make Motorcycles Again After 37 Years, And They Look Fantastic
When a motorcyclist hears the name Can-Am, they probably think about those raucous three-wheel trikes, but it wasn’t always that way. Over three decades ago,
The Iconic Meyers Manx Gets Reborn As An EV Dune Buggy But There’s Still At Least One Old VW Part In There
We’ve known for a while that plans for a modernized, electric version of the legendary Meyers Manx — the car that sparked not just the
Automakers Aren’t Terribly Happy With The Senate’s New EV Credit Deal
Automakers push back against the new Senate EV credit deal, China might sell six million EVs this year, Mercedes-Benz taps Unity for new infotainment system.
Same Year, But An Ocean Apart: 1983 Chevy Camaro vs 1983 Toyota Supra
Good morning, Autopians! It’s another Two-Door Tuesday as we look at a pair of sporty coupes from opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean built in
Cold Start: The Jacket Sling
The shorthands used for “cool” are a lot of strange, arbitrary things. The sunglasses can suggest not an oversensitivity to light, but also an oversensitivity
18 Years Ago Today, A Dave Matthews Band Tour Bus Dumped 800 Pounds Of Shit Onto Some Hapless Tourists
When you think of car crime, your mind might meander along boulevards of car theft, intoxicated driving, and vehicular manslaughter. While this story is less
Volvo Once Made Turn Indicators So Weird They’re In A Museum Now
An often under-appreciated element of automotive safety is communication — giving some sort of hint to everyone around you about what you’re planning to do
The Humongous Campsite At The 650,000 Person Oshkosh Air Show Was Almost As Fun As The Show Itself
Last weekend I finally achieved a dream of many years when I attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022, one of the largest and coolest gatherings of
The U.S. Government Plans To Slice $7,500 Off Electric Car Prices, But It’s Complicated
The United States Senate has passed a long-awaited spending bill. The Inflation Reduction Act aims to tackle climate change, healthcare, taxes, and more. In it
Toyota Hoped The bZ4X EV Would Usher The Brand Into The Electric Era. Then The Wheels Fell Off
It’s no secret that Toyota has a pretty big problem with its new bZ4X electric crossover, the company’s first high-volume electric car in the U.S.
Our Daydreaming Designer Solves Cadillac’s Problem From 40 Years Ago
If there is any one car that destroyed decades of equity in a brand, it has to be the Cadillac Cimarron. Often featured on those “Worst Cars
California Threatens To Suspend New Tesla Sales Over Misleading Autopilot Claims
The California DMV is mad at Tesla, wholesale used car prices largely stayed stagnant through July, Maserati launches a 10 year extended powertrain warranty option.
Unusual Old Minivans: 1996 Ford Aerostar vs 1993 VW Eurovan
Welcome back to another week! I hope everyone’s weekend was good, and didn’t involve a trip to the emergency room like mine did. I sliced
Cold Start: Homina Homina Homina
It’s Monday, pals, and holy crap am I glad to see you again. You know what else appears very, very glad to see someone? This
The Entire Autopian Staff Is Hosting A Car Show In LA On August 13 And We Want You There
On Saturday August 13, the entire Autopian staff and even a few of your favorite contributors will be hanging out at Galpin Auto Sports just
Here’s Why The BMW Multi-Trailer Is The Coolest Accessory You’ve Never Heard Of
I love it when car manufacturers stop making sense. Giving in to dreams gave us the Isuzu Vehicross, the Volkswagen Phaeton, and the Cadillac CTS-V
I Just Drove By The Chrysler Technical Center, Where I Worked With 11,000 People Before The Pandemic. It’s An Eerie Ghost Town
“Crap crap crap,” I needed to find parking; I was running late for the 8 A.M. Jeep Wrangler mild hybrid thermal system meeting that I
The Porsche 914’s Pop-Up Headlights Had A Grisly Secret
In our modern, aero-obsessed era, pop-up headlights are pretty much extinct, since most car designers and engineers now frown on the idea of deploying a
