The Kia EV4 Is A Roomy, Inexpensive 342-Mile EV That’s Totally Worth The Wait
It’s 2026 and it finally feels like inexpensive EVs are genuinely getting good in North America. The Chevrolet Bolt is back with faster charging, the
Why The Feds Are Investigating ‘Excessive Frame Flex’ In A Winnebago Brand’s RVs
An RV is one of the biggest purchases a person can make. Some people spend more on a camper than the value of some homes,
Stellantis And Tesla Were The Biggest Sales Losers This Year, Honda And Mazda The Biggest Winners
It’s a fun thought experiment to think of what Stellantis and Tesla have in common, mostly because one company is extraordinarily successful and the other
Why Lane Markings Disappear In The Rain And Why Glow In The Dark Lines Never Work
If you’ve ever driven on an unlit road, or a wet one, you’ve probably realized the value of good line markings. Freshly-painted white lines are
Colorful Cars From Colorado: 1999 Plymouth Voyager vs 2006 Kia Rio
Good morning! For today’s Showdown, we’re escaping from the world of grayscale and looking at two Colorado cars in colors you don’t often see. Yes,
This Company Is Turning GM’s Electric Delivery Vans Into Surprisingly Cozy-Looking Campers
If you want to rent an RV in America, your choices are usually pretty boring. Most of the time, your choices end up between various
The Architect And His Car: Cold Start
Are you familiar with Le Corbusier? He was a Swiss (later French) architect who was one of the originators of what we would now call
A Dealer Is Selling A Maserati MC20 For $85,000 Off And It’s Not A Fluke
Maserati is suffering. The brand still pops up in plenty of songs, for sure, but that’s more because it rhymes with “party” and less because
Nissan’s Bringing Some Big Altima Energy To This Merger: COTD
The most entertaining bit of normal car news lately is that Honda and Nissan want to get married. Now, as silly as it sounds, Japan’s
Fifty Years Ago, Car Makers Gave Us A Worthless Gauge And Now They’re At It Again
Ignorance is bliss. Well, that’s how most people are with cars. They know vaguely that pushing the STOP/START button will make something happen with sparks
Ram Delays Its All-Electric Truck So It Can Sell Its Extended-Range Hybrid Ramcharger First
If you told someone in 2020 that four short years later, automakers would start rolling back aggressive battery-powered vehicle roadmaps, you’d have received one of
Miata Is Still Always The Answer
I’ve been trying to think of a car that’s been iteratively improved for as long as the Miata (or MX-5 if you prefer) without becoming
This Video Of Tesla’s Self-Driving Cybercab Being Driven By A Human Raises Lots Of Questions
Everyone remembers the Cybercab, right? The gold, self-driving, strangely-only-seats-two robotaxi thing Tesla first unveiled at their event back in October? Sure you do. One of
Colorado Enthusiasts Seem To Win Battle Against One Of The Worst Proposed Car Bans
This year was a good year to be a fan of tiny cars from Japan. Enthusiasts in Texas, Michigan, and Massachusetts banded together, successfully reversing
The $22,910 Nissan Kicks Play Is Almost What Nissan Needs
As soon as a new car’s out, the old one becomes basically irrelevant, right? Not always. Thanks to continuous refinement in the automotive industry, most cars have
The Electric Porsche 718 Sports Car Has Reportedly Been Delayed And I’m Worried It Might Flop
There’s nothing quite like a new frontier to get people going. For years now, Porsche fans have been holding their breath for the electric Porsche
Why Honda Is Making Nissan Merge Right Now
The news of a potential Honda-Nissan merger, aka Nissonda, isn’t news to anyone who reads The Morning Dump. I’ve been calling for Nissan and Honda
Let’s Look At Some Over-A-Century-Old Ads This Morning: Cold Start
Did I fall asleep last night before I could write a Cold Start this morning? Maybe! And by maybe I mean, yes, yes I did,
What A Luxury Car Used To Be: 1970 Lincoln Continental vs 2010 Lincoln MKZ
Good morning! If you’re a regular reader, you might recall that a few weeks back, we looked at a pair of Cadillacs several decades apart,
It’s Hard To Use An ATM Machine Without A PIN Number And Your Car Has A VIN Number: COTD
Redundancy is something that’s seemingly inescapable in daily life. You’re almost certainly unnecessarily repetitive. Heck, I know I am. But it is much weirder when
We Now Live In An Era Where You Can Look At So Many Speedometers At Once
The switch from analog to digital instrument clusters is now at a point where the default new car can be expected to have a full-color