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 Final Design Of A Modern Cabover Pickup Truck: A Car Designer Sketches Your Ideas
Remember a few weeks back when you voted for what direction our modern cabover pickup truck would take? Well, in the end it wasn’t even
Germany Says No To A Ban On New Combustion-Powered Cars
Germany says no to the EU’s combustion car ban, Polestar’s SPAC date draws nearer, AMG murders out the GLE. All this and more on today’s
A Ridiculously Detailed Look At How Ford Engineered The 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor To Be A Hardcore Purpose-Built Off-Road Monster
The Ford Bronco is already a hardcore off-road beast. Especially with its optional 35-inch monster-truck tires, the vehicle is tall, heavy, relatively noisy, not particularly
Land Yachts Set Sail! 1971 Plymouth Fury vs 1969 Cadillac DeVille
Ahoy there, Autopians! Today on Shitbox Showdown, we’re going to the opposite end of the car size scale, and looking at a couple of good
Cold Start: The Mysterious Floating Glove
There’s some recurring design elements in these old car brochures that are worth pointing out, because they’re effectively gone today, or, in some cases, have
Under-Appreciated Clever Innovations: The Škoda Felicia Fun’s Secret Sliding Supplemental Seat System Setup
The Czech carmaker Škoda is largely unknown in mainstream American car culture, and while that’s understandable (you’re more likely to meet a dog that took
Why Society Has Deemed A Crappy Truck Cooler Than A Crappy Car
David likes to call me up and ask about the old 1989 Ford F-150 he bought for me, because even if he decided he didn’t
Battle Of The Tiny Fujis: 1989 Subaru Justy 4WD vs 1970 Subaru 360
Good morning, everyone, and happy Monday to you! I trust you all had a good weekend, and that the dads out there got some cool
Cold Start: Happy Juneteenth!
Morning, pals! In case you’re unaware, today is Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates when, in 1865, Union Troops finally were able to tell enslaved Americans
Coffee-Table Books, Burned Wiring, and Mediocre Pizza: Thoughts On British Car Ownership
The starting procedure for my 1971 MGB GT is as follows: Pull out the choke handle and give it a quarter-twist to the left to
It’s Time To Compare The Most And Least Parisienne Cars Named Parisienne
Yesterday, David was telling me a two-fisted tale of daring and adventure about getting an alternator for his old Postal Jeep from a junkyard, and
RV Quality Has Gotten So Bad That $62,800 Buys You A Camper With Broken Safety Equipment
Every once in a while I get the idea to pick myself up a modern RV. Then I shudder at the thought of the thing
Tesla Has The Most Crashes In NHTSA’s First Advanced Driver Assist Study But What That Means Isn’t Clear
For the past 10 months, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been collecting data on crashes that involve the use of Advanced Driver Assist
The Average Monthly New Car Payment Is Now More Than $700
The average new car payment blasts past the $700 mark, Porsche settles over emissions, Stellantis recalls some vehicles. All this and more in today’s issue
1977 MG Midget or 1980 Triumph Spitfire: Which Is Better Qualified To Represent The LBC?
Good morning and happy Friday! You might have noticed from the header image that we’re doing something just a little different today. The Friday roundups
Cold Start: That’s How You Pick A Background
I have to hand it to whoever did the art direction for this 1980 Renault 12 brochure, because I appreciate that, when given a shiny
Why My Only Car Is A ‘Boring’ High-Mileage BMW 325i
I’ll be perfectly honest, I have the most boring garage of anyone at The Autopian. David has his hoard of Jeeps, Jason has a car
Toyota’s First Electric Car For The Masses Is Exactly What You’d Expect From Toyota
I think if there’s one thing I can absolutely, confidently say about Toyota it’s that the company doesn’t make crap. They just don’t. You may
The Yamaha Moko Powa D10 Is A Futuristic Motorcycle From A Company That Disappeared Without A Trace
A distinctive white Yamaha is gracing the pages of motorcycle and automotive media today. The motorcycle, a Yamaha Moko Powa D10, is something almost out-of-this-world
Detroit-Area Autopians: Let’s Meet Friday At The Walmart Parking Lot!
Do you want to meet fellow Autopians? Are you interested in seeing a ridiculous spectrum of automobiles from supercars to straightup shitboxes? Can you get
