
The Chevy Camaro Was Once So Expensive In Europe That Buying A Mercedes-Benz Was Cheaper
“Nobody with a good car needs to be justified.” That’s the memorable line from Wise Blood, spoken by Hazel Motes, a charlatan played by Brad





The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Is Selling So Fast They Just Had To Invent A New Statistic To Measure It
The new Toyota RAV4 is very good, this much is true. Is it so good that you should wait for one over a Honda CR-V

The 2026 Jetta GLI Is America’s Last Stick-Shift Volkswagen And A Remarkably Fun Daily Driver
It feels like the end of the manual transmission is right around the corner. Options keep dwindling, and we’re not only about to lose another

Mitsubishi President Says He Wants Mitsubishi To Be A Company That Can Produce Lancer Evos Again
Hollywood has so blurred the line between nostalgia and creative torpor that I immediately recoil at the thought of a remake, even if many of

The Chevy Camaro Was Once So Expensive In Europe That Buying A Mercedes-Benz Was Cheaper
“Nobody with a good car needs to be justified.” That’s the memorable line from Wise Blood, spoken by Hazel Motes, a charlatan played by Brad

I Finally Did Something With My 2CV That I Don’t Know Why I Waited So Long To Try
It’s been a little while since I’ve given you an update on my formerly one-with-the-Earth Citroën 2CV, and that’s mostly because I’ve just been driving

Which Canada-Only Model Would You Bring Down? 1966 Mercury M-250 vs 2000 Acura EL
Good morning! This week we’re doing Shitboxes Without Borders, and taking a look at some cheap cars for sale outside the US. I’m only giving

Before Microchips And Big Trak, There Were Toy Cars You Programmed With Cards And Cams
Toy cars that operate under their own power have been a thing as long as practical cars themselves have been a thing, with wind-up versions

I Think This Was The First Home Racing Video Game To Simulate A Manual Transmission
I’ve been meaning to write about this interesting footnote at the crossroads of automotive and video game history and interests for some time, but kept

Happy Juneteenth! We’re Off Today To Celebrate, So You Should, Too
Happy Juneteenth National Independence Day, everybody! Since this holiday is all about well-deserved freedom and emancipation, we’re giving our staff some freedom today as well.

This Should Be Maserati’s Revival Plan: COTD
Some once-iconic car brands don’t have the standing in the world that they used to. Lancia sells rewarmed Chrysler products, Chrysler itself currently has only

Six Decades Ago, Engineers Tried To Make Delivery Trucks More Efficient By Building Their Truck Like A Small Car
Most of the delivery trucks throughout history have followed a similar formula. Take a light-duty or medium-duty frame, bolt a box to the top, and

‘Every Building Is A Total Loss’: Tornado Demolishes Priceless Corvettes And VWs, Legendary Car-Parts Company
If you’re an owner of an old air-cooled Volkswagen or a (liquid-cooled, I guess I may as well note) Corvette, chances are very good that

Come Join Us At Watkins Glen On Saturday, June 27th To Root For An Autopian Member Racing In The Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Series
I love meeting members and discovering all the interesting ways they interface with this great hobby of ours. As I’m learning from planning our Lime

Porsche Just Killed The Beautiful Taycan Wagon. Let’s See How Cheap We Can Find A Used One
On Wednesday, Porsche announced that its Taycan electric sports sedan was getting the option of fake shifts. Maybe the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N had influence,

How Genesis Won Le Mans With A Futuristic Golf Cart
Every year, cars descend upon a small town in the French countryside for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This year, there were 62 vehicles

Pontiac’s Strange Offerings For Europe Included Something That Wasn’t Even Really A Pontiac
A few weeks back, I wrote about how General Motors sold some of the most American of cars ever on the other side of the

Why Is Maserati?
The Morning Dump is, ostensibly, an industry news roundup. Unlike some other industry digests, this one is written with a clear enthusiast’s bent. I may

Even Maserati Has Fallen Victim To The Trend Of All-Consuming Grilles
Cheering for Maserati right now feels a bit like being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. You spend each year hoping for the best, but reality

This Very Weird Light Bulb Test Reminded Me What Crap Early ’80s Chevy Cavaliers Were
Back in college, I had a girlfriend who drove a pair of gold-colored cars, each more garbage than the last. They were both hand-me-down cars

In The 1980s, Some Geniuses In Europe Dodged Taxes By Turning Camaros And Firebirds Into Pickup Trucks
It’s the Eighties. You’re a Finn, and you want a cool car to replace the Datsun 100A you’ve been driving since you got your license.









