
BMW Is Relaunching Alpina With A V8-Powered Concept Coupe That’s As Long As A Chrysler Pacifica
Alpina, the longstanding German tuning company responsible for building some of the coolest BMW-based race cars and road cars of the last 60 or so





The Rivian R2 Configurator Is Out, And The Cheapest One I’d Buy Costs $57,245
The Rivian R2 is a huge product for Rivian, an EV startup that builds excellent products (despite some reliability concerns noted by Consumer Reports). The

BMW Is Relaunching Alpina With A V8-Powered Concept Coupe That’s As Long As A Chrysler Pacifica
Alpina, the longstanding German tuning company responsible for building some of the coolest BMW-based race cars and road cars of the last 60 or so

How Much Truck Do You Need?
Before I go anywhere with today’s Ask, let me say loud and clear that the amount of truck you need does not have to correlate

This Isn’t A Jeep Gladiator
The Chinese car and truck industry is ramping up its exports, but it’s the home market vehicles that seem to be the most interesting. Next

Toyota Could Be Readying To Build A Maverick-Fighting Small Truck In Texas
In retrospect, it’s wild that Toyota allowed Ford to take an evolution of a hybrid system they developed together and put it in a small

The Ford Truck That Wasn’t A Ford Truck Might Have Been One Of The Best Ford Trucks
The greatest unheralded heroes in the automotive world are hiding in plain sight. With Fords, we can talk about Mustangs and Taurus all day long,

Choose A Modern Marvel: Fiat 500 vs Mazda CX-9 vs Toyota Prius vs Ford F-150
This week, we’ve been looking at cars fifteen years old or newer. We’re going to cap off the week with a straight four-way shootout between

VW Ads Have Occasionally Ventured Into Science Fiction
Usually when I talk about Volkswagen advertising, I tend to talk about their golden age of ads, the midcentury ones created by Doyle Dane Bernbach

It’s Weirdly Hard To Lose Money On An Old Car: COTD
One thing I love about The Autopian is how everyone on staff is allowed to write about their own cars. It’s a fun way to

David’s Baby Vomited All Over His Head In America’s Most Expensive Grocery Store
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Toyota Is Building A Foldable Electric Off-Road Trike That Fits In The Back Of A Land Cruiser
For the past fifteen years or so, it seems like every carmaker’s tried to become a mobility company. Car-sharing exercises that haven’t worked, subscription services

Back In The 1970s, Kids Could Injection-Mold Hot Wheels At Home
Welcome to Toy Car Thursday! Each week, this will be the place for all manner of car-related toys and hobbies, whether it’s old and new

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Is Coming Back To America As A Van You Can Camp In
Ever since Volkswagen unveiled the production version of the ID. Buzz, the people have been asking for one thing. Alright, two things if we count

I Finally Sold My Jeep J10 After Shipping It To Michigan To Find A Buyer
My idea of shipping a mostly-but-not-entirely rust-free car to Michigan to find a buyer made sense at the time. Nobody was buying the truck in

After 60 Years Of Corollas, Toyota Again Makes A Basic Manual Version With No Radio
Think about the Toyota Corolla. What pops into your mind? It’s just as likely to be a beige, automatic sedan engineered for trouble-free commuting as

Honda Pushes Back Its EV Goals To 2050, Shifts Focus Back To Hybrids
Honda reported what is essentially the company’s first loss. This comes after Honda took billions of dollars in losses as a result of an ill-fated

Honda’s New Hybrid Prototypes Look Way Too Production-Ready To Be Pure Concepts
Earlier this year, Honda sent shockwaves through the industry as it announced the cancellation of its future U.S.-built EVs mere months before the start of

I’ve Rarely Seen A Pontiac Police Car And After Learning More About Them I’m Glad That I Didn’t
If I ask you to picture an American police car of the twentieth century, you’ll probably imagine a big Ford Crown Victoria. Maybe you’ll envision

Pick A Crew Cab Pickup: 2011 Ram 1500 vs 2013 Ford F-150
It’s impossible to talk about modern cars without addressing the elephant in the parking lot: full-size crew-cab pickups. These behemoths have taken the place of

It Seems Motorcycle Owners Have Had The Option For Taillights Shaped Like Cat Heads For Decades
You know what’s unfair? A genuine miscarriage of – well, if not justice, exactly, something justice-adjacent, like, I don’t know, integrity or maybe dignity or








