
U-Haul’s New Flatbed Trailer Is An Absolute Beast At Towing Cars And Almost Anything Else, With One Small Catch
Chances are, if you need to move a car from one place to another and you cannot drive it for some reason, your first stop

David Tracy Logic Is The Best Logic: COTD
Something I love about working for The Autopian is that all of my co-workers are absolute characters. Thomas and Matt know the most obscure pop

U-Haul’s New Flatbed Trailer Is An Absolute Beast At Towing Cars And Almost Anything Else, With One Small Catch
Chances are, if you need to move a car from one place to another and you cannot drive it for some reason, your first stop

Mitsubishi Is Bringing An Off-Road Minivan To One Of America’s Biggest Trade Shows
It’s hard not to root for Mitsubishi. Yes, the kei car fuel economy scandal was a real issue. Yes, it’s been more than a decade

A Helpful Guide To Attending Every Major Racing Series For The First Time From An Expert
I got to watch various friends and colleagues report back from the big Formula One race at Circuit of the Americas this weekend, and it

Porsche’s Plan To Build A $15 Million Car Is Less Crazy Than It Sounds
It’s no secret that it hasn’t been the smoothest past few years for Porsche. Profits are down, an EV-heavy business plan didn’t quite return the

Crappy Gas Pump Interface Design Made Me Rethink Everything I Thought I Believed About The World
Over the past few days, I’ve done a lot of driving. With a lot of driving comes two things, of course: lots of urinating and

I Rode An Amtrak Train For The First Time, And It Was Somehow Both Magical And Sad
Since 1971, Amtrak has served as America’s quasi-public national railroad. If you need to get between cities or across the country and don’t want to

A YouTuber Chopped A BMW i3 Into An Awesome Pickup Truck, But I Feel A Little Weird About It
A Tennessee-based YouTuber named Michael Pick bought a BMW i3, cut up the carbon fiber body, and turned the vehicle into a miniature pickup truck.

The Mazda 3 Is The Last Stick-Shift Economy Car Standing And It Feels Ridiculously Nice
In the not-so-olden days of the Black Eyed Peas having top-ten singles, you’d almost always have to pay extra for an automatic gearbox in an

Damn, Turo, Why Did You Have To Do Me Like That?
Car rental app Turo bills itself as the alternative and more interesting way to get a car, with a real nod towards car enthusiasts. You’d

How Audi’s CEO Turned What Should Have Been A Win Into A ‘Disgrace’
There are approximately eight days to go until extremely consequential midterm elections in the United States. Whatever your politics, whatever your beliefs, if you are

Close Calls And Ports Of Call: Only Fanbelts
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The New World’s Longest Train Stretches 4.7 Miles Long And Carried 696 Cars, With A Small Catch
The mighty locomotives dominating the rails around the world have permitted some excessively long trains. Over here in America, you’ll find the likes of the

Which Sad Malaise Pony Car Is Less Scary? 1975 Ford Mustang vs 1976 Chevy Camaro
(A telephone rings. David picks it up.) David: H-hello? Creepy voice: Hello, David. I hear you like scary project cars. Tell me, what’s your favorite

RADwood Was Great And So Was The Autopian Meetup The Night Before But That Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Have To Wake Up Absurdly Early
I’m so tired and I have to get up wildly early to get to the airport so I can go home, but despite how much

Here’s Everything Wrong With My ‘Mint’ $1700 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Last weekend I purchased a new 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee after realizing that my 5-speed “Holy Grail” project hadn’t gone anywhere in five years and

Here’s How I’d Turn A RAV4 Into A Fuel-Efficient Avalanche-Style El Camino
I’m so sick of RAV4s. These ubiquitous things are absolutely everywhere, as you would expect one of the best-selling vehicles in the United States to

How A Quirk In Italian Trademark Law Brought Back A Forgotten Car Brand
There’s more to Fiat than, well, Fiat. The Italian family car manufacturer chugs on within Stellantis, constantly digging into its storied history to remind buyers

I’ve Never Seen A Fast & Furious Movie, So We Made A Podcast So I Can Watch All Of Them
I have been a car enthusiast my entire life. I have my current career because of it, met my husband because of it, and formed

Dodge Has Invented A Way To Pimp Out Your Car Without Ever Touching A Drill Or Screwdriver
When we last discussed Stellantis patent applications, the giant conglomerate was imagining an EV with a battery fire situation dropping the pack out the bottom







