
Why Your Car Has A Belt And A Transmission Inside Its Brakes
Electronic Park Brakes used to be the bane of car enthusiasts’ existence, but a decade hence, I’ve completely come around to them. They manage to





The Perfect Car For Your Small-Scale Mother Road: COTD
Japan has a way of making some things just a bit cuter than you’ll find them in other places. Kei cars adorable and Honda’s old

General Motors Thinks ‘Hybrids Really Don’t Do It’ As It Doubles Down On Diesel Power And Huge V8s For Pickups
The humble diesel engine has not had an easy time in recent history. The Dieselgate scandal cratered diesel’s popularity, and today’s record-high diesel prices might

What 10-Year-Old Car Would You Buy?
Look, I know what you’re going to say: Miata Is Always The Answer. Hey, the first letter of each word spells MIATA, what a crazy

Why Your Car Has A Belt And A Transmission Inside Its Brakes
Electronic Park Brakes used to be the bane of car enthusiasts’ existence, but a decade hence, I’ve completely come around to them. They manage to

Y’all Have Some Strong Feelings About The Cars You Would Lease But Not Own
What cars would you lease but not buy? That’s the question I put to you yesterday, and hesitated to use, to be honest, because I

Scientists Discovered The First New Cat In 100 Years, Which Car Company Will Name A Car After It First?
I noticed my cat, Chester, was being even lordlier than usual this morning and now I know why. For the first time in a century

Five Decades Ago, Engineers Made Trucking 9 Percent More Efficient By Making The Truck Trailer Look Like A Boat
One of the most important aspects of modern semi-tractor design is aerodynamics. A tractor-trailer that slips through the air more easily has a better shot

The Greatest Jeep Collection On Earth Is In A Small Town You’ve Never Heard Of
Nebraska Public Media just published a video about 85 year-old architect Mick Mitchell, who has been collecting Jeeps since he was in the 8th grade.

Mitsuoka Just Shrunk Another Corvette And The Result Is Adorable
If you’re a fan of quirky cars, you’re probably also a fan of Mitsuoka. This small Japanese boutique company started with neoclassics, and has since

Here’s How Interest Rate Hikes Make Cars More Expensive
The continued lowering of interest rates over the last couple of years was a bit of a salve to a car market stretched by supply

Let’s Take A Moment To Remember How Great The Honda Del Sol Beach Towel Commercial Was
Remember the Honda Del Sol? While I’m sure you do, I feel like most of the general population, addled and distracted as they are with their

What Would Be The Most Amusing Single-Model Race Series?
You want to see who’s really the best driver? Put them in identical cars and have them go at it on the track. No excuses,

Pick A Stripey Old Japanese Truck: 1987 Mazda B2000 vs 1988 Toyota 4Runner
You know what’s missing from trucks these days? Stripes. Sporty editions of pickups and SUVs used to be adorned with stripes from the factory, and

Car Revival YouTubers Are Going To Have A Weird Time 40 Years From Now: COTD
My favorite genre of car video is the revival, or more specifically, Vice Grip Garage. There’s something about watching a guy bring something back to

Somehow, A Crash And A Salvage Title Aren’t The Weirdest Things Going On With This Totally Normal Ford EcoSport
Ford’s decision to bring its EcoSport SUV to America was a good idea on paper. It was a rugged SUV built for rougher roads than

What Cars Would You Lease But Not Buy?
I’m a buy it, own it, drive the wheels off it, sell it with 100,000+ on the odometer kinda guy. I’ve never leased a vehicle,

Some Hero Put Nearly 323,000 Miles On A Honda S2000 Then Sold It For Surprisingly Good Money
In April of 2004, someone walked into a Honda dealership and bought a brand new S2000. In September of 2026, the same person sold their

These Are The Car Movies You’d Like To See Remade, And You’ve Turned Me On To Some Gems
Yesterday’s Ask was all about the silver screen, and the car movies you’d like to see return to it in sequel or remake form. As

Volkswagen Just Made A Rear-Wheel-Drive GTI And It’s Not A Fluke
For the past half-century, the letters “GTI” have served as a byword for front-wheel-drive performance. From the archetypal Mk1 Golf GTI hot hatch to the

Racing In A Crapcan While Trying To Drive Onto A Moving Trailer Is Racing At Its Best
I’m not really the biggest follower of motorsports, at least not in its more, um, professional contexts. I respect all that goes into NASCAR racing







