
Why It Was So Hard To Love The Ford ‘CVH’ World-Car Engine From The 1980s, Even Though It Was Pretty Solid
Ford’s Compound Valve-angle Hemispherical (CVH) engine, produced for a quarter of a century, was its world car engine from the ’80s onwards. It lasted the





This Is One Of The Craziest Jeep Cherokee XJ Builds Ever And It Might Take You A Second To See Why
I just spotted on Facebook Marketplace a red, white, and blue Jeep Cherokee XJ. It’s absolutely bonkers; the right side of it is red, the

It Took 12 Years For My Brother To Drive His 1966 Ford Mustang, Then It Caught Fire
My brother recently visited LA from Hong Kong; it was his first trip to visit me since I moved out west. Since he doesn’t come

Hot Damn, The 58 MPG Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Just Got $1,150 Cheaper And There’s Only One Small Catch
It’s almost impossible to breathe without spending more money than you like in 2024. Everything you once purchased is now a subscription, grocery costs have

GMC Once Envisioned A Future Where Californians Saved On Rent By Living In A Weird Diesel-Electric Hybrid RV
If you’re a resident of California, I don’t need to tell you this, but the rent is too darn high. In fact, it seems like

What Luxury / Convenience Car Features Do You Wish You Had Sprung For Earlier?
As cars gain more and more features, it seems there are endless opportunities to experience new-fangled conveniences and niceties for new-car buyers – if you’re

Here Are The Most Reliable Used Car Brands According To Consumer Reports
If you’re in the market for a used car, you might want to take a look at this. Consumer Reports has issued its first ever

This Delightfully Weird Pickup Truck Was Supposed To Change The World But It Was The Victim Of A Dumb Scam
For a long time, inventors and entrepreneurs have seen golden opportunities in the developing world. The idea of a people’s car for poor regions has

Here’s Why Geniuses Are Swapping BMW Transmissions Into Everything From Muscle Cars To S2000s
Over the past 50 years, we’ve seen building modified cars go from a purely mechanical endeavour to one that blends modern electronics with internal combustion.

Cops Bust Illegal ‘Sideshow’ Car Meet, Discover 10-Foot Python In Cadillac CTS
Sideshows are a scourge across the nation and can be difficult for law enforcement to wrangle, but at least there’s some consistency on what cops

Why It’s So Damn Hard To Name Electric Cars
What’s in a name? Naming electric cars has proven to be a difficult task for automakers with existing car lineups. How do you balance the

A Matter Of Condition: 1984 Pontiac 6000 vs 1996 Mazda Miata
Welcome back! Today we’re conducting a little thought experiment: Given the same purchase price, are you more interested in a super-clean example of a boring

What Kind Of Car Do You See In This Target Shopping Cart?: Cold Start
I’ve mentioned my tendency towards pareidolia, where one tends to see faces in inanimate objects, many times before. In fact, I mentioned it in a

I Was Entirely Unprepared To See A Version Of My Childhood Minivan On Bring A Trailer
From pristine Corollas to a Dodge Avenger, Bring A Trailer is known to throw out wild cards every now and then, but none of them

Why It Took So Long For John Cena To Get His Fake Lamborghini Back: COTD
There’s been a rather hilarious story floating around about how John Cena spent in the ballpark of two decades and more than the value of

Having A Porsche 911 GT3RS Is Nice. Having Three Of Them Is Even Better: Members’ Rides
For decades now, the Porsche 911 has been lusted after by enthusiasts around the world. The model has expanded greatly from the early days, and

How These Temporary Bridges-On-Wheels Keep Drivers Out Of Construction Traffic
Road construction projects can be a massive pain in the butt. Roads either end up closed, or they go down to a single lane, and

How The ‘Black Death’ Can Destroy Certain BMW EVs Instantly And With No Warning
As a general rule, most catastrophic failures in a car offer some kind of warning, and most are at least somewhat avoidable if you take great

What Car Did You Almost Buy Instead Of Your Current Ride?
It’s a common cliche to reminisce on cars that simply got away from you. The $500 RX-7 that went to scrap, the reasonably priced E30

The Acura TL SH-AWD Manual Is The Stick-Shift All-Weather Sports Sedan You Forgot Existed
The turn of the 2010s was a transitory time for Acura. From a controversial and oft-derided styling direction to a lineup seemingly growing bigger, softer,

Amazing Studio Images Show How GM Designed The C4 Corvette For The Future
I’m going to let you in on a little secret into the inner workings of The Autopian and how we put articles together. When finding












