
The New Nissan Skyline Is Real, And It’s Probably Coming To America As A Manual Infiniti Sedan
Nissan released a whole bunch of news last night about its plans for the future, which included a hybridized Rogue and a new Xterra. Buried





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

This Electric Motorcycle Is Claimed To Be The World’s First Production Vehicle With A Solid-State Battery, But I Have Questions
Solid-state batteries are supposed to be the next big breakthrough in EVs. In theory, solid-state batteries offer an electric future that’s lighter, faster-charging, safer, and

How The Fourth-Generation Toyota 4Runner Made A Huge Contribution To In-Car Burger Consumption
I’m no sociologist, but it feels like eating in the car is one of the most American things a person can do. From nostalgic drive-ins

Nearly Four Decades Ago, Pontiac Went After The Germans With Gadgets And Buttons Galore
“Fight the enemy where they aren’t.” That’s the often-recited line from Sun Tzu’s Art of War, and it’s good advice to many car companies. General

The Civic Type R Is Now Nearly $50,000 And It’s Breaking My Brain
When I think about the Honda Civic, the first thing that comes to mind is affordability. It’s the go-to recommendation when people ask me what

At Least One National Nightmare Is Coming To An End
The confluence of politics and cars has been a little exhausting lately. Honestly, the confluence of politics with everything is overwhelming what few circuitbreakers I have

The Original Design Brief For The Porsche 911 Had One Element That Was Almost Immediately Ignored
Even though I’m more likely to be able to afford to buy coastal real estate on the moon than an early Porsche 911, I’ve always

Karma Automotive Sold Just 146 Vehicles Last Year. Its CEO Told Me That’s The Appeal
In a world where giant conglomerates occupy more and more of the car industry and niche, low-production manufacturers go the way of the Dodo, Karma












