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
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
America’s Weird Plastic-Bodied Camper Just Got An ‘All-Electric’ Version With A Surprisingly Reasonable Price
Since 2021, Lightweight Innovative Vehicle, or LIV, has offered RV buyers something a bit different. Instead of building its campers out of aluminum, wood, or
Choose A Colorful Euro Convertible: 2001 Saab 9-3 Viggen vs 2007 Mini Cooper
Good morning! For your consideration today, I have a pair of European convertibles with sort of a ketchup-and-mustard thing going with the colors. They’re both
A (Wrist) Cracking Story Of Firsthand Experience With A VW Air-Cooled Industrial Engine
The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is probably one of history’s most versatile powerplants. It’s been used in everything from cars to planes. The trusty boxers were
China Takes The Lead In The Self-Driving Toilet Race With a $4000 Crapper That Comes To You
While self-driving cars tend to hog all of the mainstream media attention and adulation of the glitterati, those of us in the know understand that
What New Cars Would You Choose For A Sensible Two-Car Solution?
I maintain that one car is all anyone really needs, but I also maintain that everyone should have as many cars as they want, so
Land Rover’s Three-Door Defender Has The Makings Of A Super-SUV, But It’s Missing One Thing
There’s something cool about three-door SUVs. There’s something also cool about fast off-road-oriented SUVs. These categories are rarely combined, however. Possibly because the resulting creation