Old Smart Cars Are Living Second Lives Helping People Regain Their Mobility, And The Reason Why Is Genius
No American has been able to buy a brand-new Smart Fortwo since the brand departed American shores back in 2019. Just under 100,000 of the
Why People Are Asking If The 25-Year Import Ban Is Dead
How A $13 Hat Caused Chaos At America’s Swankiest Car Show
Here’s How To Make Little Car-Shaped Waffles, Because It’s Never Too Early To Play With Cars
I’m usually the first person awake in my house. I’m also the chef. It’s therefore my job to make sure my wife and daughter are
The Humble Opel Astra Beat Tesla To The Punch With An Enormous Windshield
Tesla Model X, Lucid Air, Opel Astra. What do all three of these cars have in common other than that none of them have been
A Daydreaming Designer Imagines If Saab Had Rebooted The Sonett In 1985
For nearly half of a century, the 76 million-strong demographic known as Boomers controlled what kinds of cars appeared on American streets. In fact, despite
What One Car Would You Want To Own Forever?
The Forever Car. You may not have done the exercise of narrowing it down to just one, but I’m sure there’s at least a handful
I Discovered What This Bolt In My Jeep’s Air Filter Housing Is And I Bet You’ll Never Guess It
One of the very first things I noticed when I popped the hood of my new 1991 Jeep Wrangler YJ (the square-headlight “Jurassic park Jeep,”
The Aston Martin DB12 Is So Mysterious We Don’t Even Know Its Name Or Its Engine
It is rare that a car makes it within a month of its reveal without all the detail being spread around the web like so
2024 Ford E-Tourneo Courier: Ford Nails The Affordable Electric Family-Hauler
The small van may be more or less dead in America, but that hasn’t stopped it from thriving in Europe. From the Mercedes-Benz T-Class to
Gas Cars Aren’t Going Anywhere: Average Vehicle Age Hits Record 12.5 Years
When the average car still on American roads today left the dealership, you couldn’t go very far without hearing “Rolling in the Deep” playing on
Banged-Up Boxy Sedans: 1987 Toyota Camry vs 1990 Volvo 740
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a good weekend. I spent most of Saturday becoming better acquainted with a Nissan VQ35DE engine. I came, I
Great Art And Weird Mid-Century Misogyny: Cold Start
Advertising art and illustration in the mid-1960s is often, simply, fantastic. Sure, the whole point was to separate your grandparents from their money, as often
I Tried Selling Jeep Parts On Los Angeles’ Facebook Marketplace. It Was A Nightmare
I’ve had it! I’ve absolutely had it! Craigslist is a shell of its former self, leaving me with no choice but to sell my car parts
Free Saab 900 Sticker With Parking Purchase: COTD
In today’s Cold Start, our Jason Torchinsky showed us the wonderful world of valet parking tickets. They’re almost always line drawings of a car from
There Was Once A Company That Literally Dragged Cars From The Junkyard And Turned Them Into New Trucks
Modern carmakers sure like to talk about how “sustainable” they are now. And, yes, that’s an admirable goal! It’s great to think about cars throughout
Chris Harris Is Selling All Of My Favorite Fast Fords, Friendship Over
I love European Fast Fords and, one day, I shall import all of them. In the interim, my old pal Chris Harris has put together
Lloyd LP 600, Lamborghini LM002, Honda CB350: Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness
Welcome back to Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness! As you know, I love picking up dirt-cheap cars and motorcycles and then telling you lovely readers about the dumb
Did I Overpay For My Completely Rust-Free Jeep Wrangler YJ?
I relapsed. After selling much of my Jeep collection and buying a sensible BMW i3 electric car, I was unable to keep my eyes off
We Rejected Eight Topshots For One Story, Check Out All The Rejects: Tales From The Slack
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How The Mercedes CLS Helped Give Birth To The Tesla Model S (Which Could’ve Been A Ford Fusion)
This week, Thomas wrote a fine obituary for the likely soon-to-depart Mercedes-Benz CLS, a car he says helped change the way we look at sedans
You’ll Never Guess Where Maserati Put The CD Changer On The Old Quattroporte
The fifth-generation Maserati Quattroporte is a car I absolutely adore. It’s as close to a series-production Ferrari sedan as you’ll get. Maserati was under Ferrari
“I Don’t Need No Truck.” What’s The Wildest Thing You’ve Transported In A Regular Car?
Let’s get this out of the way right off the top: needing a truck is not a requirement for owning a truck. We are PRO