
It’s New Autopian Member Shirt Reveal Time!
Exactly one Earth-year ago today, we announced our latest member T-shirt, which featured a 29 hp Citröen 2CV and a 1479 hp Bugatti Chiron, and

It’s New Autopian Member Shirt Reveal Time!
Exactly one Earth-year ago today, we announced our latest member T-shirt, which featured a 29 hp Citröen 2CV and a 1479 hp Bugatti Chiron, and

History’s Fastest Jet-Powered Plane Was So Hardcore That It Needed Two 401 Cubic-Inch Buick V8 Engines Just To Get It Started
The vast majority of the aircraft most people will interact with every day have self-starting systems for their engines. This allows for autonomy, even when

Some Lunatics Are Making A Kit To Swap A Dirt-Cheap Flat-Six Into A Subaru BRZ
Whether you call it a Subaru BRZ, a Scion FR-S, a Toyota 86, or a Toyota GT86, the first generation of Toyobaru sports coupes is

Bugatti’s CEO Had His Chiron Stolen Because He Leaves The Keys In It But He Chased It Down In A 911
In the interests of full disclosure, I should note that I rarely lock my daily driver car, my Citroën 2CV. I make this decision for

The Toyota Celica Is Back!
In what is definitely the day’s biggest rally news, Toyota announced that, for the 2027 WRC season, they will be campaigning two teams with two

Acura Just Rolled Out More Than 3,000 Brand New Original NSX Parts And It’s Not Done Yet
The original Acura NSX is a pivotal car. Not only was it the first production car with an aluminum unibody, it was developed with input

Mazda Quietly Killed It Last Month In The Best Way
Whew. What a night! Right? I spent most of the evening giddily going through the data, not believing my eyes. I was expecting a strong

Can You Devise The World’s Worst Car Video Game?
I have to confess that I haven’t played a car-based video game in a long time. I’m not sure if it was Night Driver or

This Bonkers Brazilian VW Passat Hatch-To-Wagon Conversion Is So Strange And Wonderful
I’ve always liked the idea of modularity in cars, though there have been so few examples of real, owner-controlled modularity that actually made it to

Which One Grabs Your Attention? 1989 Ford Probe GT vs 1992 Alfa Romeo 164
I know what you’re thinking: Those two cars have nothing to do with each other. It’s not even comparing apples and oranges; it’s comparing apples

Our Readers Just Aren’t Having It With Startup Companies, Lately: COTD
Startup companies are a fascinating part of car culture as they offer a window into what could be. Many startup ventures fizzle out after producing

Royal Enfield Just Unveiled Its Most Powerful Motorcycle Ever, And It Looks Like Your Favorite Bikes Of The Past
Royal Enfield has been on a seemingly unstoppable run during the 2020s. It keeps printing out new motorcycles and posting record sales, and it’s always

Viral Video Of Ambulance Sideswiping Already-Crashed Police Car Should Make Everyone Feel Like Everything Is Going Fine, Just Fine
Have you ever seen the film Koyaanisqatsi? It’s a 1992 experimental non-narrative arthouse film, and the title comes from a Hopi word that translates to something

How Jeep Modified The Wrangler JL Frame To Build The Scrambler Concept
“This is a concept,” head of American Brands for Stellantis, Tim Kuniskis, told TFL about the Jeep Wrangler Scrambler Concept. “But look at it, it’s

GMC Once Teased America With Pickup Trucks That Had Everything From A Laptop And A Cellphone To A Motorcycle Ramp And A Generator
Here in America, the pickup truck is often treated as a sort of everything vehicle. It’s your office, your date car, your hot rod, and

Hyundai Thinks Truckmakers Like Ford, Chevy, And Toyota Are Missing A ‘Huge Market’
Hyundai has made no secret out of the fact that it wants a piece of the truck and SUV pie. How can a brand with

Here’s How REO Trucks’ Founder Reacted To My Crazy Ideas For His Startup Brand
I’m sure the startup REO Trucks is going to face a lot of challenges. It’s a rather new concept for an “analog” truck, but I

Ferrari Is Making More Money Than Even Ferrari Guessed It Would Make
European carmakers are struggling, and a lot of that has to do with China. The makers of luxury goods are struggling and, yeah, a lot

What Food-Themed Special-Edition Cars Would Just Make Sense?
A little while back, Jason told us about how Slate was collaborating with the candy brand Smartie’s to create wraps for their new trucks. These

Glass-Cylinder Combustion Engines Exist And Boy Are They Cool
Cars are, in case you hadn’t noticed, complicated. So many moving bits and wires and flaps and things that make sparks and things that are







