
This Mazda Had One Of The Weirdest V6 Engines Ever Sold To The Public And I Own Three Of Them
All being well, you’ll be seeing my name popping up here on The Autopian a few times over the coming month, and by way of





This Mazda Had One Of The Weirdest V6 Engines Ever Sold To The Public And I Own Three Of Them
All being well, you’ll be seeing my name popping up here on The Autopian a few times over the coming month, and by way of

Here’s What It Actually Costs When You Win A Ten Dollar Car From An Auction
What’s the least you’ve paid for a running car? I once got a Volkswagen for 60 bucks, but that one was in severe need of

The US Car Industry Can’t Beat China Without Canada And Mexico
My grand thesis out of the automotive industry, espoused many times in The Morning Dump, is that the most pivotal and yet under-appreciated force in

Let’s Bolt On Parts And Turn The Slate Into A Land Rover Discovery Style Seven Seater
It’s been over fifteen minutes since we last wrote about the upcoming Slate truck. I don’t think that we can realistically continue today without another

AMC Had Some Strange Ideas For Brochures In 1969
I’ve always been fond of AMC. They’re like America’s lovable losers of the car industry, always seeming to be up against the ropes, coming up

This Could Be The Most Expensive Corvette Ever Sold
A one-of-three Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Coupe is expected to break the record for the most expensive Corvette ever sold when it crosses the block

One Of The Craziest Motorcycles Built In America Has Up To A 10-Liter V8 Engine And Handling Like A Cruise Ship
Most modern motorcycles tend to have relatively compact, high-revving engines. Even the bikes that do have large powerplants put out less displacement than many crossovers

Which Uncommon Manual Would You Take? 1979 Ford Fairmont vs 2004 Pontiac Grand Am
Good morning! We’re sticking with stickshifts today, because two cars came up on the Underappreciated Survivors group on Facebook that caught my eye. They’re both

Jason Has A ‘Router’ That We Want Him To Test With A Hot Dog
If you’re not seeing this, it’s probably for the better. This is a deeply, deeply weird article about a cigarette lighter-powered…uhhh. I can’t get into

The Cheapest New Diesel Pickup Truck In America Gets 28 MPG, And Here’s What You Get When You Buy It
The American diesel pickup truck is an impressive workhorse. These trucks tow tens of thousands of pounds while returning respectable fuel economy and coddling their

A Parking System In A Cute Canadian Town Was Sending People To A Porn Site
QR codes are, if you think about it, pretty incredible things. A compact, optical way to store information? That can be easily reproduced and created?

The Most Serious Car In The World Is This Harlequin Golf Converted To Single Color By A Dealer
National stereotypes are usually tired tropes, but one that keeps coming back is German humor – or the lack thereof. Imagine, then, a car buyer

What Car Would You Buy From A Museum?
My answer to today’s Ask is I wouldn’t, as I can’t see a reason to buy something I can’t drive and enjoy, and I certainly

Why $35,377 Is What You Should Expect To Pay For An Average New Car In America
It’s not exactly a lie, but when you see a headline crying about how the average transaction price of new cars in America is around

Airstream’s Cheapest New Camper Is An Aluminum Cutie That Can Be Towed By Your Small SUV, But There’s A Weird Catch
Airstream is arguably the most famous name in RVs in America. Its trailers are iconic for their timeless beauty and durable build quality, but they’re

What’s The Best Stickshift Runabout? VW Golf vs VW Tiguan vs Hyundai Elantra vs Nissan Juke
Well, we’ve made it to the end of another week, which means it’s time for a Friday runoff. This week’s cars were all $5,000 or

I Finally Got To Crank-Start My Citroën 2CV
If you have a car with a unique feature, even if that feature is not especially useful, at some point you have to use that feature. If

The Easiest Cheat Code To Getting A COTD Nomination: COTD
One of my favorite coincidences about my life in writing about transportation is that I sort of have the perfect name for it. Half of

Boy, People On Jeopardy Don’t Know Squat About Cars
I’ll be honest: my world, this car-saturated world I exist in, is something of a bubble. Even the people around me that I know don’t really

Five Decades Ago, California Tried To Make Buses Run Cleaner By Eliminating Diesel Engines For Steam Engines
Back in the 1970s, America’s cities weren’t as cozy as they are today. Dense smog clouded the views of the beautiful skylines of Los Angeles,







