
The Hyundai Boulder Is A Body-On-Frame Bronco And Wrangler Rival That Deserves Mass Production
Over the past few days, it’s felt like Hyundai was going to steal the New York Auto Show. A secret debut, so confidential that not





Here Are The Official Autopian Automotive Predictions For 2026
There’s a myth – maybe it’s more of a legend – circulating in the automotive world about a magical elixir made from all of a

Here Are (Some Of) The Oddest Things We Said In Slack Last Year With No Context: Tales From The Slack
If you want to get a peek behind the curtain, this could be the way to do it! Become a member and read all sorts

Here Are The Best (And Weirdest) Things The Autopian Staff Drove In 2025
Year-end lists are always fun at car websites because they allow writers like me to look back on the year and reminisce on all the

Four Decades Ago, A Hang Glider Pilot Tried To Turn Pickup Trucks Into Family Cars Using Giant Hammocks
The pickup trucks of today are often used as family cars thanks to their sizable crew cabs and excellent comfort. But this wasn’t always the

So Let Me Get This Straight: You Built A Turbocharged GT Out Of A Ford Pinto
One of the casualties of the modern-car complexity is the ability to quickly and drastically change a car’s appearance. There were entire industries built around

Ford (Not That Ford) Is Trying To Put Passenger Jet-Style HUDs In Cars
Head-up displays are a love-it-or-hate-it technology. Whenever I bring them up to friends or colleagues, there’s never a dull opinion. You either can’t drive without

BYD Sold Way More EVs Than Tesla In 2025, But That’s Not As Cool As What Kia Is Doing
Chinese electric carmaker BYD finally got its annual beat of Tesla in the electric car market, which is neither that surprising nor even that interesting.

Heated Steering Wheels Have Been Around Far Longer Than I Realized
This year of our Ford 2026 has been around for over an entire day now, and that hasn’t changed the fact that it’s still as

Which Wedge Would You Drive? 1981 Fiat X1/9 vs 1985 Nissan Pulsar
Happy New Year, Autopians! 2025 was a rough road, but it’s in our rearview mirror now. Let’s greet the new year with a couple of

These Are The Autopian’s Best Stories Of 2025, Made Possible By Our Amazing Members
Thanks to you, dear readers, and especially to members whose financial contributions are critical in keeping our lights on, The Autopian had has written some

Ram Is Bringing Back America’s Craziest Pickup Truck, And It’s Going To Have 777 Horsepower
I think the entire car world was sad to see the Ram 1500 TRX retired after 2024. The idea of a half-ton pickup powered by

The Ram Power Wagon Finally Gets The Cummins Turbodiesel It Always Deserved, But There Are Compromises
Since 2005, the Power Wagon has existed as an extreme off-road version of the heavy duty Ram 2500. With locking differentials, skid plates, disconnecting sway

I Own 23 Cars And Motorcycles And Somehow Fixing Them All Year Hasn’t Driven Me Insane
Working in automotive media is both a blessing and a curse. This really is a dream job, and it affords me a kind of life

Why This Teaser For A New Subaru WRX STI Might Not Be What It Seems
For nearly five years, Subaru showrooms have gone without a somewhat berserk 300-ish-horsepower manual-only sport compact car. While the WRX regenerated, the loony-spec WRX STI

It Feels Like The Fisker Karma Will Never Actually, Truly Die
Out of all the new cars on sale right now, perhaps none has a more interesting history than the Fisker Karma. It originally debuted in

General Motors Was (Mostly) Right
One of my favorite uses of The Morning Dump is to make big predictions and, if they come true, to feign the appropriate level of

Tomorrow Is 2026: Guess What Car With A Person’s Name And Was The Start Of A Famous Carmaker Will Turn 100
Holy crap, they actually did it: they let 2025 expire. Someone didn’t pay the year bill, and now they’re cutting off all of our 2025.

The Weirdest Press Trip I Ever Went On Had Me Sleeping On A Couch In A Basement And Eating Communal Spaghetti
This is a Member’s Only Post, if you’d like to read about who the automaker in question is, if you’d like to read future “Exhaust

How Would You Spend $9,500? 1950 Studebaker Champion vs 1991 Mini Mayfair
Well, kids, we’ve reached the end of another one. Tomorrow the world’s odometer rolls over to the next digit. 2025 has been – let’s call

Poor Jaguar And Nissan Can’t Catch A Break In Our Comments: COTD
There are some brands and cars that frequently end up as punchlines in bad jokes. Nissan Altimas will forever be known as the cars that












