Six Decades Ago, Engineers Tried To Make Delivery Trucks More Efficient By Building Their Truck Like A Small Car
Most of the delivery trucks throughout history have followed a similar formula. Take a light-duty or medium-duty frame, bolt a box to the top, and
Porsche’s Massive ‘Rennsport Reunion’ Showed Me Just How Powerful The Porsche Brand Is: Which Other Brand Could Pull This Off?
Rennsport Reunion finished up this past weekend at Laguna Seca in Monterey, with over 91,000 people attending between Thursday and Sunday, per Porsche. I drove
Kawasaki’s Clever Electric Motorcycles Are Finally Here, But Don’t Use A Pressure Washer On Them
Last year, I wrote about how Kawasaki had some innovative electric motorcycles in its pipeline. One of them was even a parallel hybrid. Team Green
The Honda Talon 1000R-4 Fixes The Most Boring Part About Hooning A Side-By-Side
Side-by-sides are a sort of an off-roading cheat code. Want to look like a rallying hero despite never doing much more than driving a Jeep
A Giant 52 Million Vehicle Airbag Recall Might Be Coming, Here Are The Affected Automakers
The Takata airbag recall was the biggest automotive safety recall ever, with more than 67 million inflators recalled in the United States, covering a huge
ShitBox Showdown: The British Are Back In The Cape Fear
I was 17 in ‘97 and around that time, British rock group Oasis once ruled the world of Rock n Roll from their tiny island
This Brochure Picture Of A Beetle Convertible Is Very Weird And I Think I Found Something Amazing: Cold Start
So yesterday when I was doing a bit of research for my article about car badging, and especially Volkswagen’s strange badging habits, I happened to
Amazing Adventures In Car Badges: The Times That Volkswagen Took Their Own Name Off Their Cars
You know what is deceptively interesting? Badges. Car badges, specifically. Car badging is its own very specific and peculiar art, and while in modern times
The Only Way To Win With A German Car Is Not To Buy One: COTD
There are amusing sayings in the vehicle world. The best days of boat ownership are the day you buy your boat and the day you
One Year Later, The Ute Nobody Expected To Live Is Thriving
It’s hard to believe that one year has passed since what many thought was an impossible, or even downright insane goal of myself and David
What It’s Like Judging The World’s Best Worst Car Show
I remember once, long ago, when I was still young and beautiful and full of hope, back when I worked at the Old Site. I
Kia Actually Sent My Dad A ‘Club’-Style Steering Lock Because They Built A Car That Teens Could Steal With A USB Cable
My dad is a complex person like all dads are, but he’s not a complicated one. So when I saw that his 2012 Kia Soul
EV Startup Lucid Hires Manufacturing Genius From Munro, Offers Cheapest Model Yet, Is Clearly Making Moves
Lucid Motors has been making some dramatic moves lately. The company scooped up major engineering talent in Cory Steuben, the now former President of Munro
The Three-Cylinder Engine Is Slowly Taking Over American Cars
Did you know you could get the new Nissan Rogue with a 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine? The three-cylinder motor has been around, in various forms, throughout
The Hottest Third-Gen Chevy Camaro Was A Hardcore Racer That You Could Only Order Via A ‘Secret’ Code: Holy Grails
For most enthusiasts, the answer to the question “What is the best third-generation Camaro?” is probably the IROC-Z. It’s a good answer, with the IROC-Z
Maybe Just Walk? 1989 BMW 750iL vs 2004 Volkswagen Phaeton W12
If you’ve watched enough YouTube or read enough car editorials, you’ve almost certainly run across the concept of buying a deeply depreciated used luxury car
Is This The Smallest Car To Have An Opera Window?: Cold Start
Here’s a little something magical to start your day with: the car that I think may be the smallest car ever to come with that
Citroën Built A Special Edition Car Based On A Disposable Pen And It Just Makes No Sense
Special edition cars are sort of inherently strange things, especially ones that tie in with unrelated brands. I get the general thinking: by teaming up
Are Cross-Drilled Brake Rotors Worth Your Money?: Ask An Engineer
Dear fellow Autopians, welcome to another edition of Ask An Engineer. I got a question a while ago from one of our astute readers who
Here’s How A Brilliant 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Saved Me From Getting Stranded In Our Broken Mercedes Wagon
A couple of weekends ago, I found myself in what seemed to be an impossible situation. Our 1999 Mercedes-Benz E320 ‘Ski-Klasse’ wagon failed spectacularly while
Thor Will Sell You A Glamorous $178,500 Ford Transit Trail Camper Van That’s Still Cheaper Than The Competition, But Don’t Take It Too Far Off-Road
Back in November 2022, Ford unleashed the Transit Trail into the world. The manufacturer is capitalizing on the #vanlife movement by offering camper van builders