
How Two Bolts Can Change Your Entire Weekend And Put The Rest Of Your Summer In Perspective
Jag wrenching. It’s something that I have been focused on for the past six years of my life since I bought my first British Racing





Illinois Finally Explains Its Imported Car Ban, And It Doesn’t Make Any Sense
At the end of March, Japanese import car enthusiasts in Illinois began reporting that the state had revoked their cars’ license plates and titles without

The Original Mercedes-Benz SLK Is Now A Great Cheap Summer Cruiser
The birds are chirping, the skies are blue, and all signs are set for a convertible summer. There’s something special about just letting the top

How I Turned A Rotten Australian Ute Into A Decent Daily-Driver
When I last checked in, I had just replaced the bonnet (hood) hinges on Project Cactus following a good old fashioned stuff-up on my part

If Your Car Doesn’t Have Animated ‘Demon Eyes’ What’s The Point Of Driving
I’ve long been an advocate for the idea that, when anthropomorphizing a car, the only reasonable place for the eyes are the headlights. Sure, some

New Lawsuit Alleges Toyota Sold Customer Driving Data To Third Parties, Which Then Sold It To Insurance Companies
The battle over driver data continues, this time in a Texas federal courthouse, where a consumer is suing Toyota, claiming the automaker sold his driving

EV Battery Maker CATL Promises 320 Miles On A Five-Minute Charge But There’s A Catch
If there’s one thing that’s certain in this topsy-turvy automotive landscape, it’s that EVs aren’t anywhere near their technological peak yet. This week, CATL unveiled

The Mercedes-Benz Vision V Concept Is A Rolling 65-Inch Cinema With A Crystal Chess Set
There are some things vans are just better at. Hauling packages, accommodating a ton of people, camping, and even feeling like private jets for the

Holy Crap, They’re Making A Movie Based On The Video Game OutRun
Translating video games into movies or television has had a pretty checkered history. For a long time, it seemed that any video-game-to-movie was doomed to

Lincoln’s Outgoing President Tells The Truth About Car Subscriptions
The emergence of Tesla forced every premium automaker into a reevaluation of not just their products, but also their raison d’être. What does a brand

The 2025 Kia EV9 AWD Is Just As Good As You Were Hoping
Readers, I have a confession to make. It’s been nearly two years since Kia launched the EV9 three-row electric crossover, yet none of us had

That Time I Sort Of Won A British Car Magazine Contest About An 8-Wheeled Car
Long before I somehow tricked fate into letting me write about cars instead of having a, you know, real job, I was just someone who

The Dodge Viper Had The Best Emergency Mechanical Door Release You’ve Never Heard Of: COTD
So many cars today have electronic door poppers instead of traditional handles. Most of the time, these work fine, but so many people have found

My Toyota Drove Me Crazy For Six Months With A Mystery Noise And You Won’t Believe What It Was
“Click-click-click.” That was the sound I heard when I drove my wife’s Toyota, maybe six months ago, for what was supposed to be a quick

Two That Didn’t Make The Cut: 1981 Datsun 280ZX vs 1985 Renault Encore
Good morning! Well, now that we’re done with the alphabet, I guess I’m going to run out the week with stuff I just think is

The Wild Renault EV Hot Hatch Has An Even Wilder $180,000 Price
One of the most bespoke, unique, and truly ridiculous cars offered by any automaker is the 540 horsepower Renault 5 Turbo 3E. It’s a rear-wheel

The World’s First Self-Towing Camper Has Actually Gone Into Production
For years, various companies have been promising the world revolutionary new camper trailers with their own drive motors that can assist the tow vehicles hauling

I Reinstalled The Soft Top On My Mazda Miata, And I’ve Never Been Happier
I own two nearly identical Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miatas: one red, one gray. This isn’t for any practical purpose; I just like Miatas, and when someone

One Surprising Reason Why A Racecar’s Front Tires Lean Inward (And It’s Not Because It Looks Cool)
My fellow Autopians. Welcome back to another edition of Ask an Engineer. This time we are going to answer a question that multiple people have

As A Car Reviewer, Here’s The One Safety Check I Do Every Time I Get Into A Car
One of the best perks of this job, other than getting to work with people I love, is getting to drive a lot of different

This Gold-Plated 778-Horsepower Minivan Is Proof China’s Having Way More Fun With EVs Than We Are
With the EV landscape in North America largely being a sea of two-row crossovers, it seems that China is having way more fun when it












