
We’re Heading Back To The Moon And I’m Excited About It, Cynicism Be Damned
For the first time since 1972, human beings will visit the moon. Well, visit near the moon, because this Artemis II mission, set to launch today





BMW Once Put The Engine From The M2 In The Frumpy X4 Crossover
There’s something cool about a performance car engine in something that isn’t anything close to the purest cohesive distillation of a performance car. The concerningly

I Think We’re Good On Restomodded Land Rover Defenders Forever, Thanks
Who wants a nice hot take? Because I have one, fresh out of the air fryer, with only a bit of melted plastic stuck to

There’s Only One Truly New Camaro Left For Sale In America. Here’s Why It Hasn’t Sold Yet
Zombie cars are incredibly interesting to me. The term, which refers to out-of-production vehicles that sit on dealer lots unsold for months or years, gained

What It Was Like Attending The World’s Biggest AMC Car Show After The Launch Of My AMC Documentary
My co-producers and I spent the first half of 2025 desperately trying to wrap up post production of our 3-hour documentary on American Motors Corporation,

How One Man Is Merging An Audi RS4 And A 1986 Quattro Into One Car
Mac Zaglewski is no stranger to custom metalwork. Growing up, he watched his father craft artwork in a blacksmith shop, before going to school to

Chrysler Isn’t Getting New Models For 2026 But The Pacifica Is Being Painted Green
When you look at Chrysler right now, it’s hard not to feel a bit sad. Sure, the last seriously influential car released by the brand

What Cars Were You Driven To Grade School In?
A kid’s grade school years are some of their most formative. As a kid, you learn to socialize, maybe build a friend network, and figure

Electric Car Sales Are Absolutely Exploding Right Now
Humans are strange, sometimes unpredictable beings. Other times, they are extremely easy to figure out. There’s been a sense that a lot of potential electric

Nutmegger Manuals: 2009 Honda Fit Vs. 2014 Jeep Patriot
Mark is still in the shop, pending further boroscoping, so I’ll do my best to do his daily adjutications some justice in his absence. Did

Volkswagen Has Finally Realized Its ID. Naming Scheme Needs A Do-Over
Naming cars is hard. For every Thunderbird and 4Runner, there’s something that gets lost in the shuffle, and that’s usually some sort of alphanumeric. The

Let’s Appreciate This Midcentury Coarse-And-Smooth Art Style From A 1964 Mercury Brochure
You know what today is? Sure you do, you can feel it in the air! It’s Car Brochure Art Appreciation Day! This is a magical holiday that

Nissan Adds Manual Gearbox To Z Nismo, The One Thing I’ve Been Asking Of Them
When I drove the Nissan Z Nismo back in 2023, I was blown away by its impressive chassis tuning and strong twin-turbo V-6. It was

A Deeply Underrated Way To Help People In Natural Disaster Zones: COTD
Every year, it seems like some sort of tornado, flood, wildfire, or hurricane devastates a region of America. The stories coming from those regions are

The Porsche 911 Carrera GTS T-Hybrid Is Great But The Stick-Shift 911 Carrera T Stole My Heart
Just one great thing about the Porsche 911 is that there really is a variant for everyone. Even beyond the GT3, GT3 Touring, and GT3 RS,

Fixing Power Windows And Door Locks On An Old Maserati Is Hell
You ever start a project on a car that you expect should only take a couple of days only to have it drag on for

A Big RV Company Just Launched An Extended-Range, 500-Mile Electric Motorhome That Makes A Ton Of Sense
Many RV manufacturers have been on a relentless mission to help clean up their industry. Some RV producers have embraced composites instead of relying on

Introducing The Glovebox, The Perfect Place To Jam Your Favorite Autopian Stories
As you may have noticed by the weird fluctuations in link colors and other details today, we’ve been tinkering under the hood of our website.

I Bet You Won’t Guess What The Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door And The Th!nk City Have In Common
There’s something fun about finding a common thread between two extremely different cars, be it a designer or a shared part, or even a shared

This 42-Year-Old Letter To A Computer Magazine Brings Up An Interesting Point About A 1916 Cadillac
Like most of us on the Autopian staff, after cars I have a sort of secondary obsession. I think we all do? Mercedes has trains

I Bought A 216,000-Mile Range Rover To Be My Sacrificial Car. That Might Have Been Foolish
In all my years of buying and selling shitboxes, I’ve managed to avoid owning an automatic car or any vehicle resembling the shape of an












