
Everyone Is Wrong About The NC Miata But Me
It seems like every long-produced car has a generation that is detested by enthusiasts and owners alike. You have the 7th gen Civic with its





This $30 Tool Has Kept My Car Batteries Alive No Matter How Long I’ve Let Them Sit Outside
One of the weird quirks of working from home and owning a lot of cars is that I might go a month or a few

Ford CEO Evokes Charlton Heston, Vows To Hold Onto Manuals Until Pried From ‘Cold Hands,’ No Mention Of Damned Dirty Apes
Enthusiasts don’t get many wins these days. Every other week, you hear about a cool trim being discontinued or an iconic sports car being revived

How A Rare Problem With My WWII Jeep’s Piston Rings Led Me To An Amazing Old-School Engine Shop
With less than a month to go before the Easter Jeep Safari, my quest to build an entire WWII Jeep from scratch is behind. And

The Gorgeous Amalfi Spider Is Exactly What Ferrari Needed
Is it just me, or does Ferrari have a bit of a desirability problem right now? The cars are objectively astounding, yet there’s lots of

The Finnish Government Once Used V8 Chevy Impala SS Sedans For Official Business
Finland in the 1990s, other than being the place and time where I grew up, was yet again defined by its location between east and

Let’s Look At An Interesting And Very Obsolete Automotive And Video Game Design Challenge
I’m not sure exactly what made me think about this, but the concept of translation was on my mind this morning. Not necessarily linguistic translations,

Not Even Pontiac Could Avoid The General Motors Diesel Plague
Maybe you remember growing up with a bunch of siblings. You shared a bathroom upstairs and ate together, so if anyone got sick, it was

Lucid Is Launching Three Midsize Vehicles: Earth, Cosmos, And A Third One Starting Under $50k
I was expecting Lucid to announce two new vehicles here at the Lucid Investor Day. Now there’s three. While these are all based on the

Six Decades Ago, The Fastest Train In America Was A 183 MPH Diesel Locomotive With Two Jet Engines Strapped To Its Roof
For decades, countless Americans have dreamed of being able to connect between cities at a lightning pace without having to board a plane. Unless you

Choose a Toyota Twin-Cam: 1989 Toyota Corolla vs 2003 Pontiac Vibe
Toyota is a pretty buttoned-down car company. Most of its economy cars are designed to be user-friendly at the expense of fun, but there have

Lucid Explains How It’s Going To Be Profitable, Eventually: TMD Live Blog
Lucid is hosting a big Lucid Investor Day event in New York this morning, and your humble The Morning Dump writer was invited to sit

Honda Is Canceling All Its New Electric Cars For America As Gas Prices Soar
Every automaker is pruning its electric car offerings just a little bit or, at least, delaying the rollout of certain vehicles to certain markets. Honda,

Jason Torchinsky Is A National Treasure: COTD
Something that I love about every writer at the Autopian is that we’re not just mindless car news drones. Each and every one of us

This Silly Rumor About The Porsche Logo Forming A Swastika While Spinning Is Harmful But Not For Reasons Why You Probably Think
You know, I hate that I even have to write about something this insipid at all, but there’s a bunch of social media talking about

The Saab 9-3 Offered An Even Stranger Cup Holder Than The One Everyone Knows About
What do people remember about Saab beyond their absolute obsession with safety? A rich rally heritage, early two-stroke weirdness, turbocharged torque-steer and console-mounted ignition switches

Dacia Is Doing A Good Job Of Frustrating Americans With Its New Under-$29,000 Wagon That We Can’t Have
The average transaction price for a new car in America today is over $49,000, and the number of cars you can still buy in these

Whoa: It Sounds Like GM Is Actually Going To Support That Privately Owned EV1 Restoration With Factory Parts
If you’re in as many car-themed group chats as I am, you probably remember when a General Motors EV1—the company’s 1990s electric car that it

This Classic Lincoln Continental Camper Is One Of The Rarest RVs In America From A Brand You Wouldn’t Expect
The 1950s were an evolutionary period for the RV. Back then, the “house car” was becoming more of a mass-produced commodity, one that would later

A Certified Pre-Owned Four-Cylinder Porsche Macan Is A Sneaky Cheap Way Into A Fun Family Car
There’s something to be said about the practicality of a crossover for family transportation, and we certainly aren’t starved for choice in that genre. Almost

15 Years Ago, Aston Martin Tried To Make An ‘In-Between’ Car For Its Tiny Lineup That Totally Flopped
Picture this: It’s 2011, and you’re running Aston Martin. Your company builds just four vehicles: The entry-level Vantage, the fleet-emissions compliance Cygnet, the DB9, and












