How A Couple Turned A Gillig Transit Bus Into A Better Camper Than Most RVs
For the past year, I’ve been confused by the weird design decisions and disappointing quality of some RVs from practical household names. On the other
All Cars In The U.S. Used To Have Round ‘Sealed Beam’ Headlights, Now They’re All Gone. This Car Was The Final Holdout
In America, between 1940 and 1975, there was only really one headlight game in town: round, sealed beams. Sure, since 1957 you could have four
I’m A French Aerospace Engineer Here To Teach You About Car Aerodynamics: Thermodynamics, Bernoulli Principle and Carburetors
The Autopian wants me to write about how a wind tunnel works, and I like the idea. We always see nice wind-tunnel shots of cars,
David Tracy Lives In A Bubble + Join Our Discord: Tales From The Slack
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BMW’s First Cruiser Was A German Motorcycle With American Flair, And It Turned Out Weird
For years, many motorcycle manufacturers have attempted to replicate the success enjoyed by the likes of Harley-Davidson. Cruisers have been immensely popular in America for
Our Daydreaming Designer Explores Fun Ways To Use Two Years Worth Of Unsold Jeep Renegades
I’ve never really been a glass-half-full kind of person, but I respect people who can look at seemingly dire situations and turn them into opportunities.
NASCAR At Le Mans: How To Watch And Enjoy The 24 Hours Of Le Mans
You’ve just seen a video of a relatively massive NASCAR Chevy Camaro racing around a French race track with a bunch of wispy prototypes and
The Insane Ford Mustang GT3 Racecar Is Here To Kick Ferrari’s Butt One More Time For America
When Ford said it was taking the 2024 Mustang racing, it was serious. While we’ve already seen the NASCAR, Australian Supercars, and Formula Drift Mustangs,
How A Couple Turned A Gillig Transit Bus Into A Better Camper Than Most RVs
For the past year, I’ve been confused by the weird design decisions and disappointing quality of some RVs from practical household names. On the other
It Sure Looks Like Tesla Just Won America’s EV Charging Plug War
This week is the 39th anniversary of the film “Ghostbusters,” which is a reference David may or may not get [Editor’s Note: Yes, but only
Famous In Certain Circles: 2003 Chrysler Sebring GTC vs 2003 Mazdaspeed Protegé
Happy Friday, Autopians! On today’s episode, we’re looking at two cars that look like nothing special at all – unless you show them to the
These Panhard Seats Look Like Cakes: Cold Start
Sometimes I question the value of the work I do. I think this isn’t particularly unusual or unhealthy, really. Periodically, don’t we all want to
The Three-Row 2024 Lexus TX Crossover Is A Toyota Grand Highlander With An MBA
How long does it take to build a unique three-row crossover? While the easy answer is however long a new car development cycle takes, that’s
The Chiseled 2024 Lexus GX 550 Is The First GX You’ll Want To Buy New
“Don’t fix it if it ain’t broken” feels like the defining motto around the Lexus GX SUV. To put things in perspective, in the 19
These Plastic Caps VW Put On Wheel Bolts Are Stupid And Confusing
My wife went to drive her often-problematic Volkswagen Tiguan this morning. The Tiguan being the Tiguan, though, it turns out that even if the car
Saturn Was Truly Something Special: COTD
Earlier today, our Thomas Hundal wrote a retrospective on the Saturn S-Series and how it was an innovative car, but ultimately a dead end. It’s
Cessna Once Tried To Build A Four Engine Mini Airliner For Businesspeople, Then Immediately Killed It
In the years following World War II, general aviation saw a boom in popularity, which Cessna leveraged to produce celebrated aircraft including the ubiquitous 172
Which Car Is Least (or Most) Like The Place It’s Named After?
Laying wide awake thinking about every cringe thing I said and did in the previous eighteen-or-so hours is my standard sleep ritual, and at the
The Porsche Mission X Hypercar Concept Takes The Carrera GT’s Legacy Into The Electric Age
Like all of us, you’re going to be very, very rich in the future. We all know this. And, as a very rich person, you’re
We’re About To Find Out If The 2024 Lexus GX Will Finally Get The Glory The GX Always Deserved
There are many SUVs, some are more SUV than others, but in my view, the best SUV is the Lexus GX. Now, in 2023, for
The Saturn S-Series Was A Good Car But Also A Dead End: GM Hit Or Miss
The 1980s were rough for General Motors. After losing significant market share to Japanese imports, GM decided it needed to do something brave in order