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
The “Intellectual Father” Of The Volkswagen Beetle Was An 18-Year Old Student
For a car that is arguably one of the best documented of any car ever built, the Volkswagen Beetle has one of the murkiest, most
The Legendary Volkswagen Phaeton Has A Second-Generation, And Just One Of Them Exists
Twenty years ago, Volkswagen shocked and puzzled the automotive world with the release of the Phaeton. One of the wild fruits of labor of then
China Is Already Doing EV Battery Swapping And Here’s Everything You Need To Know About It
It may seem that China wants to be big in every possible technology. That’s because it is true. China does indeed want to be big
A Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Got Into A Strange Crash Last Month That Resulted In Injuries
A Cruise autonomous vehicle has a bit of a crash, Volkswagen unveils a new Amarok pickup truck, the Lexus LX sells out in Japan. All
The Lower-Case i’s Have It: 1992 BMW 735i vs 2000 Infiniti i30
Good morning, Autopians! It’s Thursday , and this will be the final Shitbox Showdown for the week. Tomorrow, we’re trying something a little different with
Cold Start: Celica Varietals
Something that you generally don’t really see anymore is one model of car with multiple, significantly different body styles. Like this 1980 Toyota Celica, which
Three Times Luxury Brands Sold Premium Small Cars Just To Please Canadians
Canada can be a funny country. Despite being the second-largest country in the world based on land mass, we don’t really use all of this
The Wildly Different Cars Named For A Type Of Ship Or A Thing That Cuts Hair
I don’t have a good explanation why, but lately I’ve been kind of fascinated by automotive homophones: cars that share a name. Just a bit
The Last Surviving Example Of The Weirdest Bus Ever Has Been Found, And It Still Runs
Back in March, I wrote about the weirdest bus ever made, the Citroën U55 Cityrama Currus, a machine with bizarre styling that perfectly matches its absurdity.
Honda Unveils A Limited Edition E, Max Verstappen Not Included
Max Verstappen poses next to a special Honda e, Ye is working on a vehicle, the EU mulls a toxic label for lithium. All this
Doing Our Part To Save The Manuals: 1981 Fiat Spider vs 1990 Saab 900S
Welcome back! It’s the second day of the week, and it’s already Wednesday! How cool is that? Every weekend should be a three-day weekend. If
Cold Start: The 1990s Were Full Of Globes
You know what I think I forgot about the 1990s? Globes were everywhere. Any time a photoshoot could shove a globe in there, they did. Globes were
The Chevy Express And GMC Savana May Be Replaced By EVs After Nearly 30 Years Of Production
If you’ve had a plumber, handyman, or contractor pull up to your home in the past 26 years, chances are they’ve shown up in a
Our Daydreaming Designer Imagines A Special Subaru From The Japanese Bubble Era
Man, I love having access to a talented designer with some automotive training, but not so much, so there’s still that outsider’s freedom from convention and trends.
The Renault 5 Diamant Literally Reinvents The Wheel In A 50th Anniversary Tribute To One Of France’s Most Iconic Cars
Think fast. You’re an automaker looking to celebrate 50 years of a discontinued model. How would you do it? Perhaps you’d trot out a very
There’s A Rare Smart Roadster For Sale Just Across America’s Border
Located just across the United States-Mexico border is an offbeat piece of automotive history. A 2005 Smart Roadster sits, waiting for someone to experience Germany’s
We Ask An Actual AV Engineer Why Two Recent Tesla FSD Videos Show Such Dumb, Dangerous Mistakes
When David and I started The Autopian not that long ago, one of the things we decided was that we weren’t going to fall into
If You Want To Get A Rebate On A Toyota Hybrid Or EV, Too Bad
Toyota exhausts EV rebates, Nissan recalls some trucks, we say goodbye to the BMW i3. All this and more on today’s issue of The Morning
The Classic Confrontation, In Plain White Wrappers: 2000 Chevy Lumina vs 2001 Ford Taurus
Good morning, and welcome back to another week of Shitbox Showdown! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend. Since we have a short week,
Cold Start: The Turd In The Pool
Over the weekend I attended a little car meetup to benefit a local dog rescue shelter, and with my Pao still awaiting parts, decided to take
