Victory: Colorado Signs Law Making Kei Cars Legal… Eventually
For American kei car owners, the last few years have been tough. Many have been hit with surprise registration bans, and faced all kinds of
You Have One Day Left To Score A Sweet Autopian Kei Truck T-Shirt
The Autopian has teamed up with Blipshift for the first (but hopefully not last) time to create an awesome t-shirt and awesome sticker inspired by
I Think I Know Why This Fox Keeps Pooping On A Ferrari But The Owner’s Not Going To Like It
I realize that when I started this site, I made a promise to our readership: I would never ignore a story that involved animal scat
Why The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 Might Be The Worst Car Of The 21st Century
There’s always a kernel of truth hidden inside every automaker stereotype. Toyotas run forever because they’re generally overbuilt, quality machines driven by people who keep
Your Car Might Have A Secret Way To Manually Close A Broken Sunroof
Sunroofs are great, but repair shops and previous owners often aren’t. Sunroof maintenance is a frequently overlooked part of owning a car with a sliding
Mercedes Brought Nick Saban To Plant Ahead Of Union Election And It Might Have Backfired
I don’t often talk about sports-ball here in The Morning Dump as an appreciation of sports at The Autopian is fairly mixed (Me/David/Jeff are baseball
What’s The Lowest Price You’ll Sell Your Car For?
We like to ask questions at The Autopian. We wanna know about your favorite cars, or the challenges you’ve had keeping your fleet on the road.
Shifty Characters From California: 2001 Honda CR-V vs 2003 Toyota Matrix
Welcome back! Today we’re going to look at a couple of tall wagon/crossoverish things, both with manual transmissions. Each of them has, not a red
Time To Look At A Few More Lemons Cars: Cold Start
As you may recall from yesterday – if not, check your journal entry from last night – I spent this past weekend judging the 24
Here’s What Manufacturing Experts Found When They Tore Into The Tesla Cybertruck’s Motors
If you don’t have the cash to finance an entire engineering benchmarking team, it’s rare that you’ll get a look inside every nook and cranny
I Drove The Hardcore Toyota Tacoma Hybrids. Here’s Why I’d Stick With The Cheaper TRD Off-Road
2024 is a big year for the Toyota Tacoma. The best-selling midsize pickup gets its most powerful engine ever in the form of a 2.4-liter
The 2025 Kia Tasman Has a Very Important Job To Do
In one way, the Australian car market has increasingly come to imitate the American one. Trucks now dominate all other models in sales. Kia has
The Germans Tried To Reinvent The Motorcycle Using A Rotary Engine And It Was A Hot Mess
If you’re a motorcyclist today, you have access to a stunning variety of engines from the humble V-twin to a turbine, but what you won’t
Why Torture Yourself With A Cheap S-Class When You Can Just Buy 19 Feet Of Lincoln?
If you’ve ever thumbed through the used car classifieds, an old Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series, or Audi A8 may seem mighty tempting. After all, where
I Saw Detroit’s Secret Collection Of Priceless Cars Stored In Bubbles And It Was Astonishing
Locked away in a semi-secret former army quartermaster building surrounded in a crumbling old fort, the Detroit Historical Society’s Collections Resource Center is a car-person’s
The Mercedes-AMG SL Appears To Have A Standard Head-Bonking Function
As long as I can remember, I’ve had a fascination with motorized convertible tops, and I suspect I’m not the only one. Maybe it has
‘I Don’t Think It’s My Fault’ Says Person Who Somehow Did $30k Worth Of Damage In A Single-Car, Low-Speed Parking Lot Accident
I’m not always sure how to handle things when some sort of social media something that involves cars goes viral. Sometimes, we just want to
You Did It! David Is Going To Live In A Pontiac Aztek For A Week
Y’all are the best. The Pontiac Aztek has been a bit of a theme around here lately, so when we were thinking about some stunt
I Sold My Diesel VW To A Nice Guy And It Immediately Broke Down On Him And I Feel Terrible
I’m saddened to tell you dear readers that one of the worst nightmares of private car buying happened over the weekend, and I had a
What Was Your Last Rental Car And How Was It?
As car enthusiasts, we love an opportunity to slide behind the wheel of something different. However, experiencing new cars can be hard. Unless you work
A Mostly Stock Mazda Miata Is A Terrible ‘Cannonball Run’ Car Unless Your Goal Is To Have Fun
Cannonball runs are wack, but they’re also all the rage these days. The allure of driving from New York City to Redondo Beach, California in