
Give The Gift That Keeps On Gifting: An Autopian Membership (With Special Bonus)
Buying gifts is a very specific sort of skill, and I think it gets harder as we get older and accumulate more and more stuff.

What Cars Are Best In Black?
Black cars! We all love them, I think, even if we don’t love owning them so much, because they look terrible when dirty. But if

This BMW X6 Was The Only Car Ever Painted ‘True’ Vantablack, Now It’s Dead And Gone Forever
BMW was among the first manufacturers to latch onto the “crossover coupe” trend when it introduced the X6 in 2007. Essentially just a fastback-ified version

The King Cobra Was The Trans-Am-Ripoff-Edition Of Ford’s Disrespected But Top-Selling Mustang
In the seventies, Ford tried to reimagine the Mustang as a smart and sporty coupe that put style and economy over performance substance, but soon

There Wasn’t Just A Love Bug. There Was A Hate Bug, Too
When we decided we’re doing just black cars today for Black Friday, there was one black car that popped into my mind, unbidden but inevitable.

The Camaro-Beating Blacked-Out Shelby GLH-S Was America’s Rowdiest ’80s Hot Hatch
When you think about American 1980s turbocharged giant slayers only offered in black, your mind probably jumps to the Buick GNX. The ultimate G-body has

Happy Black Friday! Today We’re Posting About Black Cars Only!
I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving, and I hope you can extract your severely hungover uncles from your crawlspaces. Today is the traditional Capitalist

This Wild Three-Row SUV Six Wheel Pickup Truck Is Either A Genius Idea Or Just Insane
There have been several points throughout automotive history when automakers have tried to blend truck traits into vehicles that are not really trucks. Recent examples

For This Black Friday, Please Enjoy The Horniest Car Ad Of All Time
There’s a debate in our Discord right now over what a car designed by coke might look like, with me completely on the side of

Do You Like Your Toys Stock Or Modified? 1978 Triumph Spitfire vs 1986 Honda CRX
Good morning! I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving holiday. (In fact, I hope I did as well; I’m writing this at 10:30 on

Give The Gift That Keeps On Gifting: An Autopian Membership (With Special Bonus)
Buying gifts is a very specific sort of skill, and I think it gets harder as we get older and accumulate more and more stuff.

Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s Your Turkey Day Car From Turkey!
If you’re not in America, it’s Thursday. If you are in America, then it’s also Thursday, but it’s a Thursday full of ritualized gluttony, family, naches, joy, irritation,

Every Autopian Is An Expert In Something, And It’s So Awesome: COTD
Something I adore about our community is that everyone is an expert in something. We have engineers of all sorts of disciplines here, aviators, boaters,

This Vintage Camper Was Towed By The Roof Of A Family Car And Perfect For People Who Couldn’t Back Up A Trailer
Towing a camper trailer requires a certain amount of skill that’s not taught in a typical driver’s ed course. You have to know how to

What’s The Point Of Stepside Pickup Trucks?
Conventional front-engine pickup truck design is, once you distill it down, pretty basic. A low, enclosed box in the front for the engine, a taller,

How A 30-Cent Coat Hanger Helped Fix My Car The Right Way
It’s amazing how quickly a plan can go a little bit south. Maybe not “my life is completely ruined” south, but certainly southward enough to

The Second-Gen RX-7 Is A Cranberry-Sauce Car. What Are Some Others?
I originally planned to Autopian Ask ya’ll about your Thanksgiving road-trip plans and/or any past holiday-haul adventures, but it turns out Matt already posed that

I’m Driving Our Lifted Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet 3,400 Miles Across The Country To Take Part In America’s Silliest Rally
There’s something magical about the great American road trip. Just point your hood in a direction, mash the pedal, and watch the world go by.

Here Are More Amazing Chinese EVs You’ve (Probably) Never Seen Before
Today, we return to China for a brand new NEV MegaSpot Story® with the latest New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) on the streets of the Chinese

Why The BMW Z4 Deserves More Than A Boring Matte Black Final Edition
The BMW Z4 is nearly dead. We all knew this was coming, what with its Toyota GR Supra sibling being available in a Final Edition

People Pay Way More For Ford F-150 Raptors Than Any Other Truck
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, which means home cooks around the country are collecting what they need to make a meal for their loved ones






