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
I’m Pretty Sure This Is The Only Well-Known Car Brand Named After Twine
The spectrum of what a car brand gets its name from is really astonishingly broad: planets, gods, family names, acronyms, made-up words, words adapted from
These Slide-In Campers Are So Roomy You Forget You’re Sitting In A Truck Bed
The 2023 Florida RV SuperShow was now two weeks ago, but I still have plenty of awesome campers to show you. One of the campers
MIT Study Finds Something No One Mentions About Self-Driving Cars: They’re Lousy For The Environment
I’ve been talking about the coming of automated vehicles (AVs) for years now, even writing a whole damn book about them, and while I’ve discussed
Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Buy A Car At A Public Auction: Tales From A Service Advisor
I’ve developed a bit of a habit at work: Every time a customer calls and says the car they want us to look at is
Nissan’s Max-Out Concept Is What We All Imagined The Future Would Look Like
It’s been a few years since Nissan’s been weird. The Cube died ages ago, the Juke has been normalized due to so many manufacturers hopping
Here’s How Honda Thinks It Can Get You—Yes, You—Into A Hydrogen Car
Hydrogen is the vehicle fuel of the future if, we assume, battery electric vehicle tech doesn’t end up meeting all of our needs. Automakers, especially
Faultless In Seattle: 2000 Toyota Solara vs 1996 Toyota Avalon
You all have been a really tough crowd this week. Lots of “those are both awful” and “I’m sitting this one out” comments. And yeah,
Again With The Bird: Cold Start
When you poke through a lot of vintage car brochures, patterns start to emerge. Trends, fads, styles, perhaps even messages. Notes and clues from decades
Updating Your BMW On A Hill? That’s Going To Cost You: COTD
BMW has been popping up in the news quite a lot lately for absolutely daft reasons. In 2022, the automaker infamously caught the ire of
The U.S. Military Once Rode 100 MPG Jet Fuel-Powered ‘Combat Motorcycles’ And You Can Buy One Today
Earlier this week, I wrote about one of the only mass-produced diesel-powered motorcycles ever sold to the public. The Royal Enfield Diesel had the classic
The Autopian Is Finally Getting Ads. Here’s What You Can Expect
The Autopian just finished its biggest month ever, soaring to over 2.6 million pageviews and 1.1 million unique visitors (all of you visitors are unique
Watch Thieves In A Stolen Audi Brazenly Drive Through A Toronto-Area Shopping Mall
It’s a long-running joke that the Greater Toronto Area shares its initials with Grand Theft Auto, but it’s relatively rare that car crime in the
This Is Why BMWs Won’t Do Over-The-Air Software Updates On Steep Hills (As Weird As That Sounds)
A few days ago, on the little-discussed internet-based idle thought broadcasting system run by a reclusive billionaire known as Twitter, there appeared a picture of
My Plan To Finally Leave Detroit Is A Convoluted Mess Involving Ditching A $1 Oldsmobile In Oklahoma
It may come as a surprise to many of you, but moving when you own 10 cars is challenging. And when you have an emotional
The Hyundai Ioniq 6’s Impressive 361 Mile Range Proves SUVs Won’t Take Over The World
Pop quiz: What do the four longest-range EVs in America have in common? None of them are crossovers. Yes, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 has managed
America Is About To Subsidize The Hell Out Of Its EV Battery Industry
Howdy pardners, and welcome back to The Autopian’s morning roundup of auto industry news! It’s Wednesday, Feb. 1, and we’re in a good mood because
The Ford Focus Kona Mountain Bike Edition Has To Be The Only Car Recalled For A Bicycle Problem
In the early 2000s, Ford came up with a plan to attract young buyers to its inexpensive Focus. Teaming up with mountain bike manufacturer Kona
Cleveland Crossovers: 2006 Saturn Vue vs 2006 Honda Element
Good morning, Autopians, and welcome to the middle of the week, and the start of a new month! Today’s search takes us to Cleveland, which,
The Answer To Yesterday’s Wrecked Car ID Challenge: Cold Start
Remember yesterday? Me too. Hell of a day, right? You may also recall that yesterday we ran a little challenge, where I showed you some
The Autopian, Your Hub For Parenting Advice And Racy Oysters: Comment Of The Day
For the most part, when you come to The Autopian you’re in for a ride that includes car news, history on anything that moves, and
