How California’s ‘Registration Wizard’ Got My Two Sketchy Jeeps Street-Legal
His name is Billy, and his business, “Pasadena Motor Vehicle Registration & Transfer Service,” shares a nondescript building with his small used-car dealership off of
If You Thought Replacing Your V8’s Spark Plugs Was Bad, How About 60 Spark Plugs Across 30 Cylinders? COTD
The gasoline engine has taken so many different shapes and forms over history, from familiar inline-fours and V8s to beautiful radials. But someone has to
How California’s ‘Registration Wizard’ Got My Two Sketchy Jeeps Street-Legal
His name is Billy, and his business, “Pasadena Motor Vehicle Registration & Transfer Service,” shares a nondescript building with his small used-car dealership off of
The Autopian Staff Can’t Figure Out How To Describe A Window Defroster And Jason’s Finger Is Fubar
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We Need Modern Car Equivalents To Those Old ‘Twin Cam’ Badges And Luckily I Have Some
You know what I miss that cars often had up until the ’90s or so, and are almost extinct today? Badges. Not the usual make/model
The U.S. Proposes Deleting Limp Mode Entirely For Running A Diesel Truck With A Broken DEF System
The diesel engine continues to be one of the greatest inventions in transportation. Much of the world runs on diesel, and if these engines aren’t
20 Years Ago, This Romanian Underdog Nailed Crossovers So Hard That They Now Underpin Nissan SUVs
The Dacia Logan might not have won the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, but it won the hearts and minds of every petrolhead who has
Here’s How VW’s Plan To Cut 50% Of All Models And 75% Of All Variants From Its Brands (Porsche, Audi, Bentley, Etc) Could Backfire
The woes of the Volkswagen Group are so well known and oft discussed in The Morning Dump that it’s almost not worth repeating them. One
Ford’s Gargantuan 18-Liter V8 Engine Had 32 Valves, Four Camshafts, Two Ignition Systems, And Someone Tried To Put It In A Mustang
As I’ve said before, I really don’t believe most automotive conspiracy theories. The notion that General Motors killed trolley cars to sell more buses doesn’t
There’s A Beetle Taillight Mystery In This 1967 Picture Of An Atlanta Traffic Jam And We Need To Discuss It
First off, I would like to mention that I have some kind of weird infection in the top digit of my right index finger and
A Mad Mechanic Once Built A Fully-Functional Plane That Went 205 MPH While Being Smaller Than Most Cars Built Today
A pilot-carrying flying machine can be seriously tiny if you’re creative enough. There are many ultralights that you can park in your garage or haul
Two Mazdas, A VW Van, And A Drop-Top Saab: What’s Your Favorite This Week?
Happy Friday! We’re going to cap off our week of all imports with a nice, simple runoff vote. No weird scenarios, no qualifications, just a
When Your Expensive Scratch-Built Jeep Is Technically Cheaper Than Its Spiritual Successor: COTD
David Tracy pulled off what seemed like the impossible. He took hundreds of parts scattered across his house and yard, then somehow turned them into
David Built A Jeep In His Driveway, So I Built One In My Office
In case you missed it, which seems impossible but no judgements, David has been hard at work building a World War II Jeep essentially from
Here’s How Much It Cost Me To Build A Brand New WWII Jeep
Assembling a brand new WWII Jeep from hundreds of individual parts was extremely difficult. It would have been one thing to purchase everything as a
What Car Is Absolutely Getting You Pulled Over?
You can see today’s Ask up there, and the obvious answer is “the one you’re doing crime in” or “the one with an APB.” But
This New MG Concept Car That Recalls The Old MGB GT May Be Part Of A Coming Wave Of Hatchbacks
Remember Morris Garages? Sure you do! We all love a good MG somewhere deep down in our oily hearts. Modern MG, though, is sort of
Tough Brakes And Tough Breaks: Only Fanbelts
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This Is The Most Forgotten James Bond Car
Ask anyone what their favorite James Bond car is, and the list likely includes a lot of Aston Martins, Lotuses and BMWs before a Saab
Americans Bought A Crap Ton (13,487 Metric Tons) Of Porsche 911s So Far This Year
Porsche’s decision to become more mainstream by offering sedans and SUVs turned the nearly kaput automaker into a global powerhouse, and whatever complaints people made
This Brazilian Two-Stroke Off-Roader Has A Name That Was Originally Kind Of A Slur
Generally, car names tend to avoid slurs. This is just good marketing, really. Names or nicknames for groups of people seem to work, though, as