
A Faster Honda Civic Type R Is Coming And It Looks Certifiably Sweet
The Tokyo Auto Salon is essentially Japan’s SEMA show, a conference showing off the latest and greatest in the automotive aftermarket. It’s enough of a





How ‘Indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems’ Work And Why We Should Celebrate Their Return
Ding! A symbol that looks like a baseball bat dropped into a punchbowl appears on your dashboard. You have a tire that’s low on air,

U-Haul Used To Build Fiberglass Campers And The ‘Holy Grail’ Is Up For Sale
Every day, I scour the internet for the most special RVs I could find. Many old rigs make me smile, and I’m usually enamored by

Automakers Are Starting To Realize Their Cars Are Too Expensive
When the number of cars for sale dropped rapidly during the pandemic it gave automakers a chance to reap huge profits by slashing incentives and

Watch A Barbie Pink C5 Absolutely Murder Its Tires For Our Driving Queen Charli XCX
There is no other musician alive who sings about driving or cars more than British indie/hyper-pop star Charli XCX. Seriously. The Cars, an entire (and

Shitboxes Killed The Radio Star: LUV vs Conquest vs Cutlass vs Sportage
Happy Friday, Autopians! It’s time for another four-way shootout, and another made-up scenario to help you choose. Today is all about star power, as we

The Idea Of A Car: Cold Start
Jason’s kid has a new bus stop, so he keeps missing his ride to school; hence, Jason is now driving Otto. In case these things

The Perfect Solutions To David Getting Stranded In His $2000 Nissan Leaf: COTD
David’s $2,000 Nissan Leaf is the gift that keeps on giving. This is an electric car with a battery so degraded that I bet charging

This Column Demanding We Stop Making EVs Is The Stupidest Kind Of Fearmongering Crap
You know what’s a nice treat for a cranky-ass writer like myself? It’s when some major media outlet publishes something so delightfully, irredeemably stupid and

Ask Autopian Writers Whatever You Want (Within Reason) Right Here, Right Now
Thank you for reading The Autopian! If you’re seeing this text it means this content is for official members only. If you want to experience

Surface Rust And Non-Op Tags: Why I’d Still Buy The Shit Out Of This 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition On ‘Bring A Trailer’
Welcome back to Gavel Gazing, a new series here at The Autopian where we take the same sort of auction-watching we’ve been doing anyway, slap

These $15 Radio Removal Tools Completely Saved My Hands And They Could Save Yours Too
We’ve all had to yank a radio, right? Whether a fuse gave up, a new one’s going in, or you’re retrofitting your factory stereo with

The ‘Pebble Flow’ Is An Electric Self-Propelled Trailer Hoping To Make Camping As Easy As Using An iPhone
For many Americans, going camping with an RV is more gratifying and fun than going to any hotel. Your home on a trip is wherever

What Car Has Been Forever Ruined For You And Why?
Cars are emotional items as well as practical ones, which means our reactions to them are not always purely logical. In a rational world, all

How Parking Under A Tree Can Kill A First-Gen Porsche Boxster
The original Porsche Boxster is an astonishing amount of car for the money, but it comes with some pitfalls. Everyone knows about the infamous IMS

Why The Pontiac Grand Prix’s ‘Idiot Lights’ Were The Dumbest Of Them All
Sometimes I’ll be talking with our contributor, “The Bishop,” about random car minutia, and he’ll mention something that sticks in my brain and won’t leave.

Electric Car Sales Are Way Up, So Why Does Elon Musk Seem Worried?
Electric car sales accounted for about 7.9% of the market in the third quarter of 2023, which is an all-time record and an improvement over

One Of The Weirdest Buses Out There Has Three Decks, A Bunch Of Car Doors, And A Limousine Interior
The bus is a fantastic form of transportation. Cram some people in a giant metal box then whisk them away to a destination. As I’ve

Silly Little Red Things: 2000 Kia Sportage vs 1997 Suzuki X-90
On today’s Shitbox Showdown, we’re looking at two utterly pointless little red SUV-ish things. They’re both silly to begin with, but to make matters worse,

Let’s Take A Look At The Strange Car Choices On The Bump N’ Jump Cabinet Art: Cold Start
One of the things I like best about really early video games is how much heavy lifting the illustrated cabinet or box art did when

The Proper Way To Operate A PNHLR Shifter: COTD
For the most part, driving a car is a pretty simple task. It doesn’t take much noggin horsepower to figure out that “P” on an












