The Last Manual Lexus Was A Real Sports Sedan That Won’t Break Your Wallet
Have you noticed that used stick-shift compact sports sedans are starting to age out of the used car sweet spot? Between attrition, wear, and vehicular
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The Next Rental Car You Abuse Might Be A Polestar 2
Welcome to The Morning Dump, bite-sized stories corralled into a single article for your morning perusal. If your morning coffee’s working a little too well,
The New 2023 Honda HR-V Looks Like You Really Pissed It Off This Time
I have a lot of respect for Honda as a carmaker, but when it comes to the HR-V, I have to be honest with you
Not-So-Hot-Hatches: Malaise Masterpiece or Much-Maligned MPV?
For today’s Shitbox Showdown we have a choice to make make between two American cars that have only two things in common: both come from
Cold Start: The Spaceship You Use To Get Groceries
If you look at a Citroën SM and don’t find some part of your body getting turgid or pulsating a bit more rapidly then I’d suggest that
These Are The Cars Those Fearless Ukrainians Drove Straight Through A Minefield
I suspect by now almost everyone has seen the remarkable video of iron-gonad’d Ukrainian motorists driving through an orderly grid of deadly landmines, slowly and
A Look At Small-Town American Car Culture: Ralph, Diane, And The 331,000-Mile Supervan
Ralph and Diane wished they had a nicer car. They came of age in the car-crazed fifties, occupied an honorable, middle class social status as
$700 Maserati TC or $500 VW Scirocco: Which Coachbuilt Classic Is The Better Deal?
It’s time for a good old-fashioned Shitbox Showdown. This will be a recurring segment where we pit two dirt-cheap project car candidates against each other
This Is The Only Car That Was Both A Ford And A Chevy
You know how in lots of bad sci-fi, when there’s some kind of near-omnipotent evil computer running things and you have to stop it, your
I Found A Coveted Pontiac Aztek Center Console/Cooler In A Junkyard. Using It Was An IQ Test
I did it, folks. I managed to snag the holy grail of junkyard treasures — a Pontiac Aztek center console/cooler. This rectangular prism that acts
That Time Porsche Thought It Was Okay To Use Wheels From The Cheapest Car On The Market
I know the Porsche 914 is often derided–I think unfairly–by Porsche purists as being somehow unworthy of the elevated status that comes with having that
You Know Things Are Bad When Honda Starts Selling Decade-Old High-Mileage Cars as Certified Pre-Owned
Welcome to The Morning Dump, bite-sized news stories corralled into a single article for your morning perusal. If your morning coffee’s working a little too
Cold Start: It Begins
Hello, fellow Autopians! Here it is, the first week after the launch, and now we have to keep filling up this site with top-notch car-stuff
Why I Bought A Dilapidated Kangaroo-Hunting Ute Sight Unseen In The Middle Of Nowhere, Australia
“It’s about two-thirds the height of a standard beer can,” Australian Autopian reader Laurence Rogers told me over a video chat, describing the diameter of
How I Got My Navy Callsign By Shitting Myself In An F/A-18 Fighter Jet. Twice.
So there I was…smack in the middle of the Arabian Gulf at the helm of an F/A-18 fighter jet thirty thousand feet overhead one of
The Only Luxury Convertible Delivery Van Ever Made Has A Fatal Flaw
It’s odd to think about, but some car companies have managed to find so much success that they erase themselves from history. American Bantam is
I Led The Design Of The Tesla Model S’s And Ford GT’s Suspension. Now I’m Answering Engineering Questions For The Autopian. Where Did I Go Wrong?
When I saw the Ford GT show car at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show, I knew right then and there I wanted to be part
The 2023 Toyota GR Corolla is Here to Kick Ass and Take Names
It’s no secret that the last seven years haven’t been kind to all-wheel-drive sport compact cars. The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution? Dead. Ford Focus RS? Dead.
Lotus’ First SUV Is A 600 HP Electric Beast That Can Detect The Presence Of Children
The Eletre, Lotus’s new battery-electric SUV feels like someone at Lotus just wanted to take care of as many firsts as possible in one vehicle:
Saab Put Reverse Lights At The Front Of Its Cars And It’s Actually Brilliant
The back tables at the Crimson Lantern are bleak, forgotten places shunned by the popular cliques of the various factions of Taillifestyle — the amber-clad
I’m A Real Car Designer And I’ll Draw Your Ridiculous Ideas
Car design is easy right? When something looks wrong or bad, it’s just the designers being lazy, isn’t it? Those marker pushers should get out