
My Corvette Is Cracking And I Feel Like GM Should Have Seen This Coming
Just writing the headline caused me more pain than you folks could ever imagine. For almost three straight years, I’ve been touting the brilliance of





Airplane Window Shades Should Be Legally Mandated To Stay Open During Takeoff And Landing
Commercial aviation is one of the greatest achievements of humankind, but air travel can be absolutely miserable in the modern day. It is genuinely spectacular

My Corvette Is Cracking And I Feel Like GM Should Have Seen This Coming
Just writing the headline caused me more pain than you folks could ever imagine. For almost three straight years, I’ve been touting the brilliance of

There Was Once An Indonesian Knockoff Porsche 911 With A Tiny Mazda Engine Up Front
I have to admit, there’s an immature part of me – a part that I’d say is really just a small part of my overall

How Tesla Can Afford To Sell The Model Y For Under $23,000 In Tokyo
Tesla has witnessed declining sales over the last couple of years, both as a result of increasing competition and the decreasing appeal of its CEO.

This Glorious Vintage Fiberglass Motorhome Rides On An Awesome Volkswagen Truck With A 31 MPG Diesel Engine And A Manual Transmission
Some RV fans believe that, with a few exceptions, most new RVs lack soul and character. Some units roll out of factories aping some of

How I Found A Multi-Million Dollar Prototype Lexus Torn Apart In A Random Parking Lot
I’ve never been in a car accident (knock on wood), but I’m convinced that if it happens it will be because I have my neck

Why Did Toyota Build A Floating Sauna?
Finns and sauna are inseparable. In a country with some 5.6 million people, there are at least three million saunas. Almost every private home has

I Have A Tesla That Would Make A Better Cybercab Than The Cybercab
If you saw someone using a hammer to drive in screws, would it be rude to tell them that they’re using the wrong tool? Especially

What Happens If The President Rolls Out The Red Carpet To Chinese Automakers?
It’s sometimes hard to write about the Chinese car industry without highlighting comments that can sound a little Sinophobic. China has long since replaced Russia

This Ancient Computer Program Is The Key To Keeping Jaguar XJ220 Supercars Alive, But One Man Is Jailbreaking It For Free
Before the Bugatti Veyron and McLaren F1, there was the Jaguar XJ220. The “220” in its name signified the car’s top speed, and the official

These Original Fiat Multipla Variants Are Scrambling My Brains
Are they literally scrambling my brains, as though my brains were eggs, as I was led to believe they were by PSAs in the 1980s? Possibly not.

What Cars Do You Love That Your Friends Just Don’t Get?
As a card-carrying Autopian, or even someone causally looking at this site, you unquestionably like cars. However, the ones that are possibly the apple of

Which Removable-Top Rarity Would You Rather Have? 1989 Nissan Pulsar vs 1990 Daihatsu Rocky
We’ve gained a lot in recent years when it comes to cars, especially in terms of safety, but we’ve lost some cool stuff too. You

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 Electric Park Brakes Are Superior To Old Hand Brakes And Foot-Pedal 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








