This Volkswagen Beetle Just Sold For A Record $300,000 At Auction
I just saw a remarkable bit of Volkswagen Beetle history happen tonight: a Beetle sold for the highest price ever recorded, an absolutely staggering $300,000.
Driver From New Zealand Wins NASCAR Race, Kicks Rugby Ball, Drifts Entire Track
This weekend’s Xfinity Race in Portland was, fittingly, weird as hell. There were a bunch of restarts, a coyote, a crewmember sumo slamming the hood
The Fiat 500L Is So Unloved Even One Used By Da Freakin’ Pope Isn’t Worth Much
An unfortunate truth for Italian cars in America is that unless equipped with prancing horse emblems, they’ll probably depreciate catastrophically. For instance, the Fiat 500L
Where Is The Most Gearhead Place To Get Married? Autopian Asks!
I have good news! You’re getting married! If you’re already married, you’re getting married again (let’s say it’s a parallel-universe thing, we’re not breaking anyone
Gas Stations Need To Stop Tricking Customers With BS Pricing
This past weekend I drove an Ineos Grenadier to Moab, Utah and back to LA. It was about 24 hours of driving; add the additional
Why Ford Spent $950 Million On A New Building For About 2,500 Employees
Ford is out here this week making a big deal out of its new office complex, which is reborn out of Detroit’s long-abandoned Michigan Central
I Tried To Ride Vietnam Like Top Gear And Failed Just Like They Did
Back in my uni days, I was a big Top Gear fan. I watched the specials on repeat, none more so than the original trio’s
Where We Started And Where We Stopped: 1996 GMC Yukon vs 1996 Chevy Camaro
Good morning! I’m on the road again, on the final leg of our big cross-country move. No trailer this time; we’re riding in comfort in
The New Significance Of Herbie’s Number: Cold Start
My birthday happened over the weekend, and somehow my age is now the same as the racing number of the most famous sentient Volkswagen in
For Three Short Months, Volkswagen Was Serious About Selling Guitars
When you buy a new car, you might expect the dealer to throw in some options or accessories to sweeten the deal. Maybe an integrated
Can You Tow A Camper And Camp Out With A Ford Maverick Hybrid?
Hello, my Autopians! Do you have it in you to make it epic? I hope you were all as excited about the melding of the
This Cute City Bus RV Build Is A Nicer Home Than Your Apartment
Once a bus has served its life as a people carrier, it sometimes ends up in the hands of an ambitious custom motorhome builder. Most
Here’s Mercedes-Benz’ Other Funny-Looking Doorstop-Shaped Car: The Vaneo
I think my current strange fascination with extremely wedgy, one-box vehicles comes from earlier this week when I wrote about the two times Porsche shoved
There’s No Complication Like German Over-Complication: Comment Of The Yesterday
A shift knob with a gear indicator display may offer dubious utility, but it is a fun project and perhaps a cool icebreaker on a
I Am Begging You To Care About Portland International Raceway And The Race This Weekend
This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series is headed west to Portland, OR for a little bit of road course racing at Portland International Raceway, while
How To Drive A Bunch Of Cool Vintage Cars For Free This Weekend
This weekend is the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in blue-blooded coastal Connecticut, with the Concours Sport tomorrow and the full Concours on Sunday. I went to
The Via VTRUX Is The Laughably Terrible Plug-In Hybrid Chevy Silverado You Forgot Existed
If you’ve somehow escaped all of our takes, your favorite Autopian writers are big fans of plug-in hybrids, especially if they’re serial hybrids like the
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N TA Pikes Peak Racecar Looks Certifiably Insane
What is America’s greatest race? While the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500 are frequently the top contenders, don’t count out the inimitable Pikes Peak
An Argument About A Top Shot Caused Me To Make A Joke So Obscure I Think I Pulled Something : Tales From The Slack
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Finally: The 2025 Subaru WRX tS Gives You All The Go-Fast Stuff
Isn’t it frustrating when an automaker simply doesn’t offer a variant of a car with everything you want? Maybe some features are siloed in one
The Harley-Davidson Pan America Is Such A Different Kind Of Motorcycle, You Won’t Believe It’s A Harley
Harley-Davidson sometimes has an unfortunate reputation with many riders around the world. They see the company’s large cruisers and their leather-jacketed riders as what’s wrong