
The Ford Truck That Wasn’t A Ford Truck Might Have Been One Of The Best Ford Trucks
The greatest unheralded heroes in the automotive world are hiding in plain sight. With Fords, we can talk about Mustangs and Taurus all day long,





Hiring McKinsey Won’t Fix Maserati, But Maybe I Can
Between Jaguar Land Rover suspending shipments to America, Ineos and Ferrari hiking prices, and major manufacturers being forced into holding patterns, the White House’s auto

How The Humble Window Sticker Could Become A Powerful Weapon In Trump’s Trade War
Welcome to day 9,000 of the Trade War. Wait, you’re saying it’s only been like five weeks and that most of the big stuff doesn’t

Here’s How A Buttlift Could Really Rev Up The Hyundai Ioniq 6
Years back, I went along with a salesperson to present a prototype of something that I had helped design, based on what we thought were

Why This Challenger Hellcat-Based Plymouth Cuda Looks So Wrong
I don’t like things that are made to resemble other things. An object should look like the object it is, not appear to be something

Q Is For: 2005 Maserati Quattroporte vs 2016 Nissan Quest
Good morning! We’ve reached a letter for which I had to resort to model names. I couldn’t find any Qvale Mangustas for sale, nor –

We Went To The Moon On The Back Of Wet Meat
When most people think about the Apollo moon landings and the tools and equipment and artifice it took to make that most remarkable event happen,

We Owe The Pontiac Aztek An Apology Because This Exists: COTD
The poor Pontiac Aztek has been a subject of bullying by car enthusiasts for a couple of decades. Some hate the way the Aztek looks,

One Of The Rarest RVs In The World Is This Semi-Trailer Camper Built To Be A Rolling Castle
Some of the greatest RVs of all time weren’t rigs constructed by famed brands, but by eccentrics who wanted something no company in Indiana could

We Need To Talk About Cadillac’s Unusually Weird Badging Scheme
The Cadillac Escalade IQ is an exercise in scale. We’re talking 55 inches of screen across the dashboard, a 205 kWh battery pack, the mass

This Corvette Show Car Could Preview The First Electric ’Vette
It’s hard to believe it’s been five whole years since the C8 Corvette entered production. The mid-engined shot heard ’round the world as a thorough

A Visit To The Secret Cemetery Inside A GM Plant That’s Only Open Six Hours A Year
Typically, when you pay your respects at a cemetery, you go through the gates and enter the peaceful surroundings. There might be birds chirping, and

America’s Favorite Cummins Diesel Pickup Truck Costs $85,000 And It’s Better Than A Luxury Car
It’s no secret that America lusts after diesel pickup trucks. Big trucks are all over the place, from the driveways of suburbia to the farms

Kawasaki Finally Listens To Customers And Makes The Hydrogen-Powered Robot Horse You’ve Been Clamoring For
Ugh, you know how the robotic horse market has been such garbage? I mean, sure, there are all kinds of robotic sex-horses you can get

The Boxy New Hyundai Santa Fe Is Even Better As A Hybrid
How do you make a great car even better in 2025? While the old-school answer would be to add more power or ladle on the

The Magic Of Heated Windscreen Washers And How They Started Setting Buicks On Fire
Heated seats, they make sense to me. Butts get cold, after all. Heated steering wheels, too, I suppose, if your little fingies are frozen. But

Why Cheaper Cars Might Disappear In This New Global Financial Crisis
This is shaping up to be the third major global financial crisis of my professional life, which feels like two too many. [Editor’s note: I

The Japanese-Market Subaru Forester Goes On A Cladding Binge And The Results Are Astonishing
We need to talk about an epidemic gripping the globe. Plastic cladding is spreading everywhere from SUVs to compact cars, and it’s getting out of

Start Your Morning By Stopping
This weekend I drove down to Charlotte in a Cybertruck (more on that soon) to check out the third annual Heritage Invitational out on by

Someone Put Huge Wheels On A Kei Truck And It’s Charmingly Chaotic
Kei trucks are pretty much the last kind of truck you’d want to kit out with a big wheel and tire package. They don’t have

P Is For: 1976 Pontiac Astre vs 1981 Plymouth Horizon TC3
Welcome back to the only place you can get two mediocre cars delivered hot and fresh to your browser every morning. Today we’re continuing our












