
Shipping My Jeep J10 To Michigan To Find A Buyer Was A Huge Mistake
After being unable to sell my 1985 Jeep J10 in California — a place that requires emissions tests and that does not tolerate even minor





This Old Tatra 603 Promo Film Is Gleefully Bonkers
Old car promotional films are often entertaining, which is just one of the little-discussed perks of being a modern human. Earlier this month I showed

Adorable Electric Van Brand Canoo Is Dead
The EV startup apocalypse has claimed another brand. Canoo, a startup that built a handful of adorable electric vans, has filed for bankruptcy, and it’s looking

Some Classic Top Gear Cars Headed To The Crusher, But Not All Is Lost
The golden era of Top Gear is long behind us, and now even The Grand Tour has similarly left our screens. Recent weeks have seen

Did You Know Toyota Made A Stick-Shift Tundra With An Eight-Foot Bed?
With so many different models out there, it can be hard to remember what cars were available with a manual transmission. Some are obvious, like

Happy MLK Day! We’re (Mostly) Off Today, But Here’s A Car Called King
Happy Martin Luther King day, everyone! In honor of this holiday for this great man, we’ll be taking the day off. Well, the Americans that work for

GM’s 6.2-Liter V8 Is Seizing Up At Highway Speeds And Leaving Owners Stranded
GM has a problem engine on its hands. The automaker’s 6.2-liter gasoline V8 is now under the magnifying glass. As reported by Reuters, NHTSA has

A Satellite TV Brand And Lotus Cars Have Something In Common: COTD
There was a time when General Motors had products in so many different industries. It dominated the locomotive industry, the bus industry, held a strong

Has Volkswagen Ever Built A Front-Engine/ Rear-Drive Car? The Answer Isn’t Clear
I think Volkswagen may be unique among carmakers that started before the dominance of transverse-front-engine/front-wheel drive cars (which I’ll peg around, what, 1980?) in that

This Is The Weirdest Bus Ever Built And It’s Being Brought Back To Life So You Can Ride It
Most of the last 100 years’ rarest road-going vehicles are coachbuilt automobiles, bespoke one-offs, and ridiculously exclusive supercars you’ll almost certainly never see in real

How Worked Up Do You Get Over People Parking Poorly?
Unlike regular people, I rarely buy groceries for a week, much to the dismay of my wife. No, I’m more of a “go to Kroger

Watch This Mechanic Put A $2 Million Ferrari F40 In The Bushes
There’s something exciting about a fast car. The power, the presence, the noise, the sensations, it all just makes you want to let it off

I Can’t Believe David Lynch Is Gone But Let’s Look At What He Did With Cars
As you’ve likely heard, David Lynch died yesterday, and I’m not happy about that. I wasn’t consulted, of course, as I never really am in

Did I Make The Wrong Call By Taking This Note Out Of Griffin’s Piece? Tales From The Slack
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This $10,000 Camper Is A Fraction Of The Price Of The Cheapest New Car In America
One of the biggest and loudest complaints I hear about RVs is that they’re just too darn expensive. It’s wild that there are several camper

The 205 MPH B8 GT Might Be The Last Alpina As We Know It
For more than 50 years, Alpina has created some of the coolest BMWs on the road. Many of them haven’t officially come to North America,

We’re Rescuing A 375,000 Mile New York City Taxi That We Bought For $800 On Copart. Pray For Us
Few cars live a life as hard as a New York City taxi cab. They’re in operation constantly, they stop and go, they deal with all

Jeep’s First Diesel Pickup Was A Forgotten Fuel-Sipper With A Real French Connection
The Jeep Comanche is one of the more forgettable models from America’s favorite off-road automaker. The humble pickup popped up for a few years, made

It Sure Sounds Like Volkswagen Thinks Rivian Is Going To Be A VW Brand
The question I can’t seem to answer is: Does VW need Rivian more or vice versa? The best partnerships are made when strengths are combined,

You Can Buy A 420-Horsepower Supercharged Jaguar XKR For The Price Of A New Kia Soul
We’ve all heard of lemons from automakers normally known for making reliable cars, but it’s so much more interesting when an automaker that doesn’t have

The Subtle Magic Of Car Identification
I once read something about a study that found that when car geeks see a car, the parts of our brains normally used to recognize












