How I’d Redeem Volkswagen With A Revived, Range-Extended Type 181 ‘Thing’
You owe us a solid, Volkswagen. No, I’m not talking about making up for Dieselgate; I’m referring to the current rather lackluster model lineup and
How Dirty Is Your Car?
My car is usually pretty dirty, TBH. I do have a two-car garage, just barely, but one half of it is devoted to way too
Nissan’s American Flagship Car Was Once A Diesel Sedan That Spoke To You Using A Record Player
Back in the 1970s and the 1980s, Japan flooded America with affordable, fuel-efficient cars and motorcycles that countless Americans found too irresistible. Toyotas, Datsuns, Hondas,
The Dream Of A Future Gas-Powered Porsche Boxster Might Not Happen After All: Report
It’s a time of reckoning for the Volkswagen Group. Whether Audi, Porsche, or Volkswagen itself, the symptoms are rather similar: Growth hasn’t panned out as
There Were Once Scooters That Used Game Boys As Their Diagnostic And Tuning Tools
You know what’s a fun thing to think about? For a good number of years, encompassing pretty much all of the 1990s and even into
Come Hang Out With Your Fellow Autopians In Detroit And Ohio Next Week
The wonderful thing about doing an Autopian event is that a bunch of Autopians from other parts of the country pipe up and request one
How I’d Redeem Volkswagen With A Revived, Range-Extended Type 181 ‘Thing’
You owe us a solid, Volkswagen. No, I’m not talking about making up for Dieselgate; I’m referring to the current rather lackluster model lineup and
I Don’t Care If There are Faster Porsche 911s Because The Targa 4S Is Magical
We as a species have a certain love affair with complexity. An iPhone tells the time just as well as an automatic watch, yet some
New Electric Car Sales ONLY Dropped 20.5% Year-Over-Year In The Second Quarter
It sometimes feels like we’re entering the ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ phase when it comes to the non-hybrid EV market. There has been a
This Ridiculous Motorcycle Makes 280 HP From A Two-Stroke Made By Combining Eight Engines Into A Weird ‘X’ Shape
New two-stroke roadgoing motorcycles are nearly extinct. You can’t even buy a street bike with a two-stroke engine from any mainstream manufacturer in America today.
Which Newish Manual Gets Your Vote? 2012 Honda Civic Si vs 2015 VW Golf
Good morning! For this week’s Showdowns, I’m conducting my searches with exactly three criteria: 2010 or newer, five grand or less, and manual transmissions only.
I Didn’t Realize That Citroën Was Part Of This Exclusive And Very Specific Weird Car Club
Citroën is known, as I think I’ve made abundantly clear, for making some pretty idiosyncratic cars. That’s why I’m so fond of them. Well, maybe
If You Thought Replacing Your V8’s Spark Plugs Was Bad, How About 30 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