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
That Long-Awaited Joint Venture Between Sony And Honda Has Officially Been Finalized
Sony and Honda finalize an EV deal, Citroën breaks out the beachwear, Ferrari firms up EV plans. All this and more on today’s issue of
Golden State Projects: ’64 VW Baja Bug vs ’47 Crosley Sedan
Good morning, and welcome once again to Shitbox Showdown! Yesterday, I featured a couple of boring-but-practical cars in an attempt to steer us away from
Cold Start: These Are Way More Fun Than They Should Be
These are illustrations of automatic transmissions for early 1970s GMS commercial trucks, and I just love the bright, fun way they look. The seem like
Where Did The One Million First-Gen Honda Accords Go?
In 1980, my family’s brick-red 1968 Volkswagen Beetle (with a semi-automatic transmission) caught fire while we were driving it, and while I think the car
Mercedes-AMG Goes Absolutely Insane With The Jacked-Up, Portal Axle-Equipped 2023 G63 4×4 Squared
Look, it’s not a huge secret that Mercedes-Benz’s four-liter biturbo V8 engine isn’t long for this world. Blame it on emissions targets or diminishing performance
I Just Bought A Rust-Free Manual Chevy Tracker 4×4 For $700 But It Doesn’t Run And Is Filled With Mouse Crap
I don’t know why I just bought this car; I truly, truly don’t. I just sold my dream Jeep XJ on Sunday as part of
I Took A Minivan On An Off-Road Adventure, Then It Tried Burning Itself To The Ground
As you’ve probably gathered by now, I have a knack for taking regular cars out into the wilderness. I enjoy the challenge of making a
Ford Holds Its Horses With A Stop-Sale Order And Recall For Its Mustang Mach-E Electric Crossover
Ford recalls the Mustang Mach-E, a solid reason to get your next new car in a fun color, adorable microcar news. All this and more
A Volvo Ad Copywriter Once Allegedly Wanted To Hang A Car Over A Baby But Had To Settle For Himself Instead
Volvo was one of the first carmakers to really embrace safety as a selling point, something that was counter to how most carmakers saw things
Sub-$1000 Cars That Actually Run: Subaru Legacy vs Hyundai XG300
Welcome back to the Wednesday edition of Shitbox Showdown! Today, after some truly bizarre choices recently, I’m going back to the well – just good
Cold Start: The Hell Happened To All My Stuff?
I really admire artists who can create images that just, somehow, tell a story wordlessly, and I think this painting from a 1956 Ford G350
The Updated 2023 Subaru Ascent Seems To At Least Be Half-Heartedly Trying
Knock knock. It’s the Subaru Ascent gently reminding everyone that it still exists. More importantly, it’s been working on itself to try to feel a
Our Daydreaming Auto Designer Reimagines A More Modern Version Of The Legendary GMC Motorhome That Died In 1978
In hindsight, the GMC Motorhome is an incredible, improbable thing. Campers and RVs and Motorhomes or whatever you want to call those drivable houses-on-wheels have
I Accidentally Turned My Car Into A Moldy Superfund Site. Here’s How I Fixed It
Ah, summer’s finally in the air. That means the toys that I put away for the winter can finally come out to play. Apparently, it
Houston, We Have A Big Gas Problem
Ford, GM, Stellantis, and Toyota want EV tax credit caps lifted, Volkswagen resumes full EV production in Zwickau, holy shit look at those gas prices.
This Rare Yamaha Motorcycle Hasn’t Run In Over 8 Years. I’m Going To Bring It Back To Life
Back in March 2019 I hitched up a U-Haul motorcycle trailer to one of my Smart Fortwos and drove north into Milwaukee. Deep in the
Be Careful What You Wish For: V8 Manual Step Van vs V8 Manual… Um… Well…
Good morning, Autopians! It’s time for another Shitbox Showdown. Today, we’re making wishes come true with not one, but two vehicles with eight cylinders and
Watch The Moment Ford Revealed The V8 Supercharged Ford F-150 Raptor R (And Listen To That Glorious Motor)
“We’re not quite done with Raptor yet. We do have one more thing for you,” Ford’s PR guy Sam told journalists last week at the
Cold Start: Ad Copywriters Pick Some Weird Shit To Talk About Sometimes
So, look at this page from a 1950s Sunbeam-Talbot brochure. It’s lovely, right? Look how shiny that sleek car is, it looks like it’s been
Here’s How To Make The Trailer Taillight Dreams Of A Probably Dead Guy Come True With Modern Tech
Remember last week when I was going nuts about some drawing of an almost-Ford Maverick I saw in a 1968 issue of Popular Science? Of
