
Why Yes, I Am Considering A Flight To Japan Just To Buy McDonald’s Happy Meals With Toyota Model Cars
When I was a kid, I was a sucker for a Happy Meal toy. Those McDonald’s commercials did a great job of brainwashing me into





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

How An El Camino Spin Could Solve The Ford Maverick’s Biggest Problem
Changes over time naturally cause some things to become obsolete. The MTV era made talented musicians without “the right look” unemployable. Sign painters with mad

The Nash For No Cash: Why I’m Giving Away My 1958 Nash Metropolitan (But Only To The Right Person)
I realize that putting a car up on the internet for free is playing with fire, but this is The Autopian; we have the best

Have You Ever Owned A Car That Refused To Stay Fixed?
It’s the morning after a long work week, and you and your family are excited to hop in the car and enjoy some well-deserved time

Holy Crap, The Smart Fortwo Is Coming Back For Real Now
The world’s favorite purveyor of trendy city cars, Smart, has been on a weird path for the past few years. It has gone all-in on

Leno’s Law Is Officially Dead, Which Means Classic Car Owners In California Will Continue to Suffer
California is the car capital of the world. Perfect year-round weather and some truly spectacular roads mean enthusiasts flock in droves. But the Golden State

Elon Musk Doesn’t See Cars As A Particularly Valuable Part Of Tesla’s Future
The crutch of punditry is that people can be critical of a person or a company, over and over again, and so long as that

Swedish Stick Spyders: 2004 Volvo C70 T5 Vs 2001 Saab 9-3 Viggen
My wonderful E39 BMW has been so (relatively) trouble-free for a high-mileage German car that a part of me is always seeking out something just

‘The Ninth-Gen Honda Accord Limo Isn’t Real and Can’t Hurt You.’ The Ninth-Gen Honda Accord Limo:
Out of all the weird “car you wouldn’t think was a limo is actually a limo” vehicles out there, this innocuous yet wildly offbeat ninth-gen

The New Audi TT Concept Is Proof Halo Cars Matter
Just two years ago, Audi had two sports cars in its lineup: the TT and the R8. Now, it has zero. With no halo car

This Old Dodge Taxi Is An Unexpected Survivor Of Hurricane Helene
It’s an awful nice cheat code when you can do something that feels enjoyable and even perhaps borderline hedonistic, but can still be somehow shoehorned

At Least One Manufacturer Has Realized That Not Every Model Needs A Sporty Variant
Hyundai has quietly discontinued the Tucson N-Line for the 2026 model year. Buried in a document on Hyundai’s media site outlining the handful of packaging












