Five Decades Ago, A NASA Engineer Made Trucking 25 Percent More Efficient By Turning The Truck Into A Bar Of Soap
Aerodynamics are a vitally important part of semi-tractor design today. A truck that slides through the air more easily can get better fuel economy or
When An Intoxicated Person Somehow Makes Better Decisions Than A Sober Person: COTD
People sometimes do silly stuff when they’re under the influence of medications or alcohol. Get some folks on anesthesia or drunk, and they’ll make a
Two Decades Ago, Kia Made A Low-Key Burly SUV That Looked Like A Soft Lexus But Was Built Like A Truck
Kia has come such a long way in the past three decades. It’s gone from the brand that you went to because you were scraping
People Who Have No Idea What We Actually Do Have Been Emailing Us To Sell Them Dump Trucks, Buy Pneumatic Tubing, And Blurb Jesus Books
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Holy Crap, Genesis Seems To Be Actually Selling This Bonkers 1,100-Horsepower Off-Road Supercar
Even though we’re in the midst of an absolute horsepower arms race, it feels like we’re in a lull of cars that make people go
Honda Will Sell You A Cute Rodent Repellant Tape That’s Coated In Chili Pepper And Tastes Like ‘Heat’
If you’re reading this, you probably know Honda as a company that sells cars. But it sells a lot of other things, too. Motorcycles, generators,
The 2026 Ineos Grenadier’s Steering Sucks A Bit Less And Its Electronics Suck A Bit More
The 2026 Ineos Grenadier is the greatest new overlanding vehicle in the world. It’s not the greatest off-road vehicle (its size and limited stock articulation/ground
What Three EVs Failing To Sell On Cars & Bids Tells Us About The Market
It feels a bit half-hearted to say that the EV market is about to get weird, mostly because it’s already become weird. Tax credits are
My Wife Got Messed Up On Anesthesia And Tried To Buy The Last Car You’d Expect
It’s sometimes hard for a car enthusiast to make sound financial decisions, even when they’re not under the influence of anything. Look, I have like
Mercedes CEO Says White House Tried To Get Company To Move Headquarters To America
There are a lot of troubling actions coming out of the current White House, and it’s been hard for me to focus on anything else
It’s The Anniversary Of The Challenger Disaster So Let’s Take A Moment To Remember
Like many of my generation, I watched the space shuttle Challenger explode on live television, while I was at school. I remember it very well,
Mazda Is Under Investigation For Reportedly Failing To Fix The ‘Sticky Steering’ In Its Biggest SUV
Back when I owned my last E30-generation BMW 3-Series, I remember encountering a pretty scary problem with the car’s steering rack. One of the previous
What Cars Are You Always Happy To See?
There aren’t a lot of cars that evoke enough happiness when I see them to actually make me smile. There are plenty that make me
How Do You Like Your Torque Steer? 1984 Dodge Daytona Turbo vs 2009 Chevy Impala SS
Front-wheel-drive performance cars are a controversial topic. Ask a Mini or VW GTI aficionado, and they’ll tell you FWD is the greatest thing since sliced
A Tesla ‘El Camino’ Exists And It’s Awesome: COTD
One of our favorite kinds of trucks is a pickup that’s based on a car. The most famous of which is the Chevrolet El Camino,
The 1965 Ford Galaxie Brings Up Interesting Taillight Questions
Midcentury Ford was a company with a pretty coherent taillight theme, and I salute them for that. That theme was round. It was really a
Amtrak And The New York City Subway Set Records As More Americans Embrace The Fun Of Trains
Public transit took a battering during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns, social distancing, and the infectious disease itself kept people from bunching together on trains,
The Four-Cylinder, Diesel-Powered Mercedes ML Made Absolutely No Sense For America But I’m Deeply Obsessed With It
Save for a few full-size trucks and SUVs, diesel-powered passenger vehicles are dead in America. Despite diesel’s advantages, it never really, actually caught on in
What Cars Would You Most Like To See Get The El Camino Treatment?
Though I can appreciate a cool truck and would certainly enjoy having one as a second vehicle, I’m not really much of a truck guy.
Genesis Secretly Designed A Body-On-Frame Pickup For America But These Photos Are Probably All We’ll Ever See Of It
Hyundai’s luxury subbrand Genesis has been on a roll when it comes to car design. It makes some of the best-looking sedans and SUVs in
How GM Could Become The 2nd US Automaker To Hit $100 A Share (And Then Blow It)
General Motors was the biggest automaker by sales in the United States, and it managed to achieve this without an enormous incentive spend. The company