
China Is Soundly Beating America In The In-Car-Pooping Arena And We Can’t Let This Happen
I’m not sure if you’re like me and gauge the overall progress of a society based on the variety and number of places one can





In Case You Were Curious, These Are The CHMSLs That Most Remind One Of Smurf Knockoffs
The other day I was at Ruddy Glow, a new taillight bar that just opened up around here to deal with the massive growth of

The 193 MPH Bentley Bentayga Speed Really Wants You To Spec The Carbon Ceramic Brakes
Given how everything’s trending toward higher seating positions and price tags, it’s obvious we aren’t exactly lacking options in the six-figure super SUV space. From

Owners Say Electric Dodge Charger Daytonas Are Accelerating On Their Own And Nobody Knows Why [Updated]
While sudden unintended acceleration is often scandalous stuff, most of the time it’s simply user error. From getting a floor mat or loose object caught

Showdown, Nineteen Seventy-Nine: 1979 Toyota Corona vs 1979 Chevy Corvette
Ever hear a fragment of a song and then have it stuck in your head for days? That happened to me the other day with

What It’s Been Like Fixing Houses As A Car Mechanic
In what feels like a flash, I met my wife, got married, had a child, and now instead of being a single dude wrenching on

Seven Decades Ago, One Man Tried Making Trucking More Efficient By Eliminating The Truck
The straight truck is a critical component of logistics. These trucks are champions at hauling short-haul freight, moving families across the town or the country,

Porsche Still Offers The Single Greatest And Possibly Most Excessive Feature In All Of Automobiles
I briefly had a new Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 in white for the weekend and I was reminded that Porsche still has the one

A Company Wants To Sell You A Small Machine To Make Gasoline Out Of Air
It sounds kind of magical, or at least alchmical, the idea of making gasoline out of air. I suppose making anything out of air conjures up images

The 2025 Ford Mustang Is Over $8,000 More Expensive Than A 1965 Mustang, How Much Better Is It?
In 2018, Ford made a historic announcement that it would end production of passenger cars for the US market. All, bar one that is—the legendary

How My Friends And I Rescued Hours Of Long-Lost American Motors Footage
Thanks to the kind folks at The Autopian, I’m back with a second behind-the-scenes installment on how we made The Last Independent Automaker, a new

The Dodge Durango Just Declared Its Immortality
In the uncertain year of 2025, sometimes the best thing to do is wait. Wait until tariffs threats are paused; wait to push out a

What’s The Dumbest Thing You’ve Done Behind The Wheel?
“I shouldn’t have done that,” is a sentence I’ve uttered too many times to count. Usually, I do something that sounds like it could have

What If Jaguar Applies Its Controversial New Brutalist Aesthetic To A Palace-On-Wheels SUV?
Picture me showing up to some Autopian shindig in a battery-powered, electroluminescent fuchsia jacket that glowed brightly enough to be spotted from a full quarter-mile.

I Think Panhard Specially Bred Miniature Dogs And Humans To Do This
When it comes to old car brochures, one recurring theme is the importance of demonstrating the volume of a trunk. This comes up over and

Did Kitty Make The Right Call? 1974 MG Midget vs 1994 Chrysler LeBaron
In today’s thrilling Showdown, we’re re-examining a choice made by a fictional young woman in a twenty-year-old song. Why, you may ask? Because these are

Someone Tried To Steal A Bunch Of Hummers From A Train And It Went Very Badly
In 2025, stealing cars off the street is so passé. Enterprising thieves are getting creative, heading to dealerships and even factories to score brand-new vehicles

What Cars Have A Well-Known Weak-Point That Everyone Worries About?
Last night, while driving my 1954 Willys to Harbor Freight to buy a foam-cannon for my pressure washer so I can prep our Pontiac Aztek

It’s Time To Talk About Artificial Intelligence (AI) In The Automotive Media Space
My colleague Jason Torchinsky recently texted me an article written by me, except I didn’t write it. AI did, using my very own voice. Reading

The Safari-Style Opel Frontera Gravel Concept Feels Strangely Likeable
There’s something fun about taking a car not intended to really go off-road and modifying it so it can do light trail work. Sure, it

Should I Buy This Rusty Genesis?
“Dammit, that’s frickin’ unfortunate,” I muttered to myself after I spotted a “heartbreaker” among the search results I was scanning in my Evil Wrenching Lair,












