How I Got My Energy Company To Pay For 50% Of My Car
Power companies around the U.S. are giving away free money in an attempt to get people to buy electric cars — and not just new
Every Argument I Made To Trade Our Old Forester For A New Forester
I’ve been enjoying this bit wherein I try to convince my family to trade our old Forester for a Ford Maverick or a Chrysler Pacifica
Which Car (or Truck, or Van) Graphics Go The Hardest?
Know what the car biz needs a whole lot more of? Rad graphics. Big, bold factory sticker packages were huge in the 70s and 80s,
The Mini JCW ‘1to6 Edition’ Is An Homage To The Manual But It Better Not Be Mini’s Last
This is the Mini John Cooper Works 1to6 Edition. It features a six-speed manual gearbox, can be absolutely none more black, and it promises to
Reverse Rake Rear Windows Were Cool And Are All But Extinct
You know what’s an automotive styling detail that has never really caught on, but I think deserves another chance? The reverse-raked rear window. That’s the
How Did This Stolen Honda Civic End Up Perched Atop A Large Metal Cylinder?
Having your car stolen sucks, and recovery is rarely an easy process. Sometimes stolen cars are crashed, sometimes they’re set ablaze, sometimes they’re vandalized, sometimes
The British Are About To Utterly Destroy Their Own Car Industry
The goals behind Brexit–the successful referendum to remove Britain from the consortium of governments known as the European Union–were always a little intentionally vague, but
We’re About To Find Out If The 2024 Toyota Tacoma Is Still A Tacoma
This Friday the world is going to get a look at the latest model of its favorite Mexico-built Japanese truck with the launch of the
SoCal Odd Couple: 1978 Chevy Nova vs 1971 Fiat 850 Spider
Welcome back to Shitbox Showdown! We’ve got another odd couple today, two cars that I just thought were interesting but don’t have any common theme
I Spotted A Very Unusual Car In That Scene From ‘The Jerk’ With The Cans: Cold Start
The internet is certainly a very, very mixed blessing. On the down side, every idiot you’ve ever met now has access to a global-scale megaphone,
These Hacky Lists Confuse Objectively Bad Vehicles With Marketing Flops: COTD
We’ve had a lot of fun sharing old Bob Mayer car reviews (see this crappy Chrysler New Yorker and truly LOL-worthy Fiat Strada), and Jason
The Saab 9-2X Was An Excellent Subaru Impreza But A Disappointing Saab: GM Hit Or Miss
General Motors has always been the king of the rebadge. The initial thought process is as simple as it is flawed: Take one car, plaster
It’s Wrenching Wednesday! What’s Your Go-To When Wrenching On The Go?
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Toyota Should Absolutely Revive The Celica
Could Toyota be interested in bringing back another iconic performance car from its past? Japanese outlet Best Car Web claims that a new Toyota Celica
These Old ’70s TV Reviews Of The AMC Pacer And Mercury Zephyr Show That Most People Are Wrong About Which Cars Actually Sucked
You know what never fails to piss me off? Hacky lists of “worst cars ever.” We’ve addressed this dollop of bird scat on humanity’s cultural
BMW Shoved Six i3 Batteries Into A Hydrofoil Yacht And Called It ‘THE ICON’
For the past 46 years, BMW’s flagship has always been the 7-Series. Sure, various 8-Series coupes have come and gone, but the big sedan was
This ‘Swordfish’ TVR Tuscan Is The Most Y2K Car I’ve Ever Seen
Break out your low-rise jeans, crank some Nelly, and boot up your clamshell iBook, because a TVR Tuscan sports car inspired by the big budget
Here’s The Difference Between Wheel Offset And Wheel Backspacing So You Can Finally Stop Arguing About It
My fellow Autopians, how many times have you gone out to buy wheels for that sweet ride of yours and the guy behind the counter
The Short-Lived 261 Horsepower BMW 540d Was America’s Final Diesel Luxury Sedan And It Was Awesome: Holy Grails
It’s not very often a rare trim of a car currently in showrooms can be considered a Holy Grail, but the current BMW 5-Series’ long
The 2024 Porsche Cayenne Is What Happens When German Engineers Spend 20 Years Meticulously Optimizing An SUV. And Then Throw In More V8 Goodness
The refreshed 2024 Porsche Cayenne showed its face in April, and though it didn’t look that much different than the current 2023 vehicle on which
Tesla Is Finally Going To Start Advertising As Elon Musk Touts ‘New’ Models
Yesterday was Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting and, by and large, Elon Musk acted relatively normal for a CEO who doesn’t believe in norms. And by