
No, Car Companies Don’t Design Parts To Fail The Second The Warranty Is Over
For the last quarter century, I’ve been lurking on every forum not only for each car or bike I own, but every car I’ve designed





Here’s What This Electric Hyundai Van Built For Overseas Markets Can Tell Us About Chevy’s Next Van
The Hyundai Staria is the coolest car most Americans have never heard of. It’s a stylish van sold all over the world, including Asia, Africa,

Which German Limo Would You Daily? 1997 BMW 740iL vs 2004 Mercedes-Benz S600
Whenever I think about buying a new car as a daily driver, I quickly remember just how much vehicle you can buy for a fraction

Some Drivers In The 1930s Had A Bizarre Navigation System Based On Paper Scrolls And An Odometer
Many modern drivers take their navigation systems for granted. You can get directions to just about anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice from

I Heard You Like COTD, So I Put A COTD In Your COTD
Something I love about this community is that our commenters either add context to a story or bring jokes. And sometimes you get both! This

Everyone Is Wrong About The Z’s Grille, Nissan Got It Right The First Time
I remember very clearly when Nissan finally decided to take the wraps off its new Z sports car back in 2020. The car world seemed

The Man Behind Dodge’s Coolest Hot Compact Was Picked For The Project Because He Drove A Honda
The year 1999 was a fascinating time for the sport compact segment. The Fast and The Furious had yet to hit theaters, but the boy-racer

Watch Us Spend 90 Minutes Debating One Headline, Which Is An Important Thing We Do Sometimes
This post is only viewable by members, so please consider supporting the website by becoming one, and then you can read this! That would be

The Most Complicated New Engine Has Three Cylinders, A Rotating Block, A Stationary Head, And Is Shaped Like A Circle
Most of the internal combustion piston engines built for vehicles throughout history have pretty familiar core designs. The majority of fuel-burning vehicles sold today orient

What Are The Best And/Or Worst-Looking Race Cars?
I tend to think all race cars look pretty cool, even the “ugly” ones. There’s something about being purpose-built to do one thing – run

I Have To Hand It To Tesla For Making One Of The Biggest Taillight Innovations In Recent Times
This has been a busy, rough week, and the constant grim grayness of the world hasn’t exactly been a help, so to unwind after work

Jeep Killing America’s Best-Selling Plug-In Hybrid Is Embarassing
News came out yesterday that the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and roughly 9 million other brands was killing its plug-in hybrid technology

How Ford Once Challenged The Best-Selling Chevy Impala By Putting 425 Horsepower And A 4-Speed Manual Into Its Bread-And-Butter Galaxie 500
In 1965, Ford’s Galaxie 500 was typically seen as “standard-size” parking lot filler sedan that played second banana to Chevy’s Impala. Galaxie sales were usually

This New Camper Claims To Be The ‘World’s First Power-Generating RV,’ But I’m Not Sure About That
If you’ve ever found yourself camping away from shore power, the subject of electricity generation and storage is probably important to you. Some folks want

Italdesign’s Newest Project Is A New Honda NSX Made To Look Like An Old Honda NSX, With Questionable Results
The second-generation Honda/Acura NSX never really got the love it deserved. Was it as iconic or thrilling as the original? No. But it was still

Pink Or Pinz? 1959 Studebaker Lark vs 1972 Pinzgauer 710M
We’ve looked at some weird stuff this week, and for once, it wasn’t all my fault. But it only feels right to finish off the

This Is The First Real World 3D Object Ever Scanned: A VW Beetle
I actually wrote about this over a decade ago, but I found myself thinking about this once again, the fact that, in 1972, the first

We Found Dodge And Ram’s Next Marketing Campaign: COTD
Dodge and Ram have long been deeply amusing brands. Dodge has seemingly placed an overpowered, snarling V8 engine into darn near everything except the Grand

There Are 10 Different Trim Levels Of The New Kia Telluride And That Just Feels Ridiculous
Have you ever been in the unfortunate situation of too much choice? The sort that might have you second-guessing which option to go with, or

Hyundai Shows Off Production-Ready Humanoid Robot At CES And Wins Some Kind Of Trophy
Hyundai bought robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics way back in late 2020, and while the company has had products make it to production already, such as

What Are The Happiest Car Faces?
It’s a sad thing, but most cars don’t really have faces anymore. They have fronts, and those fronts have grilles and headlights and perhaps scoops












