
REO Says It Will Build A $21,500 Truck For The Masses, I Spoke To The CEO To See If They’re Legit
There’s been a lot of talk lately about upcoming new cheap pickup trucks, and if that’s somehow a bad thing, that’s news to me. The





The Wink Is A $12k Tiny EV That Could Be The Perfect Thing For Much Of Your Driving
If you page through your scrapbook of printed-out Autopian articles, you may find, around the end of last year, that we wrote about an entrepreneur

We Wrote Extremely Hard Car-Questions That Only True Enthusiasts Can Answer. Let’s See How You Do
Friday night was a big one for The Autopian: We held our second quarterly trivia night for Velour and Rich Corinthian Leather members, and great

Imagining If Chevy Built A Tahoe-Based Sporty Open-Top SUV To Compete With The Jeep Wrangler And Ford Bronco
What’s that noise? Who could be making that kind of racket this early on a Saturday morning? Why, it’s your neighbor removing the top, roof,

My Jeep-Kitten Has Broken Its Axle And It’s Going To Cost Me More Than An Actual Jeep To Fix
I’m completely overwhelmed by the kittens born in my 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee five-speed “Holy Grail.” While one, named Jaws, is pretty much self-sufficient at

We’re Going Back To Monterey For Car Week, What Do You Want To See?
Last year’s Monterey Car Week was an incredible good time, with all sorts of hilarious adventures (and misadventures). We saw some fascinating cars and even

Someone Combined A Ford Excursion With A Volkswagen New Beetle And Made This V10-Powered Monster
Somewhere in Arizona, a gearhead is driving around a wild creation. Found at a car show, this New Beetle is more Ford than Volkswagen. It’s

Ford Mustang Buyers Are Going For The V8 While They Still Can
“Go big or go home,” they say. That’s either from the Bible or the Constitution. Maybe both, I can’t remember. But it’s an apt description

A Study In Contrasts: 1976 Mazda Cosmo vs 1976 Ford Elite
Good morning! I trust you all had a good weekend. We’re in the midst of a heat wave here in Portland, but we won’t let

I Did A Different Sort Of Repair And Ended Up With A Strange Green Beetle: Cold Start
Remember a couple weeks ago, when I showed you a different VW Beetle drawn on an old, obsolete computer, I also told you about an

There’s More To That Ridiculous GMC Twin Six V12 Engine Than Meets The Eye: COTD
A for sale listing can probably tell you a lot about a person or their vehicle. Someone who refuses to tell you about a car’s

Mazda Cosmo Sport, Grinnall Scorpion-III, Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396: Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness
Welcome back to Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness! As you know, I love picking up dirt-cheap cars, motorcycles, and campers, then telling you lovely readers about the dumb things

Here’s Five Important Things You Should Know About The 1983-1988 Toyota Tercel 4WD
I know these sort of “listicle” articles (the name is from a portmanteau of “list” and “testicle”) are often derided as internet filler-crap, but I

I’ve Captured A Second Kitten Born In My Jeep And It’s Covered In Fleas
I find myself in a moral quandary. A feral cat gave birth to four kittens in my 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5-speed (aka the “Holy

The Electric Toyota C+Pod Is Smaller Than A Smart Fortwo And Cheaper Than Some Golf Carts
Why is it that automakers often produce their most outlandish products strictly for their home markets? From the Volkswagen Golf Country to the Nissan S-Cargo,

The Lockheed Constellation Revolutionized Air Travel, Now There Are Just Two Working Ones Left
When you board a commercial airliner today, you know you’re riding aboard an advanced piece of machinery that keeps you safe and comfortable as it

Please Settle The Currywurst V. Schnitzel Debate So We Can Get Back To Work – Tales From The Slack
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This Photo Of A Car Crashed Perfectly Into A Driving School Under A ‘Learn To Drive’ Sign Gets Better When You Find Out Who The Driver Was
There’s no law that says only sunsets or vast desert vistas or the view of Earth from space have a monopoly on the concept of

What If The AMC Eagle Had Survived After 1988 In Argentina?
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” Mark Twain famously wrote these words when he was, in fact, still alive and merely abroad. Oddly

How The Toyota Land Cruiser Must Also Save The Land While Cruising On It
The writing is on the wall for our beloved huge trucks and SUVs. Though they’re perpetually booming in sales, fuel economy rules are getting tougher

Zoom Link For Tonight’s TRIVIA NIGHT For Velour And Rich Corinthian Leather Members!
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