This Ridiculous Twin-Turbo 357 HP VR6 Volkswagen New Beetle Is The Cutest Way To Get A Speeding Ticket
The Volkswagen New Beetle was once a trend leader. It was one of the poster cars of the neo-retro era and grabbed attention with its
Your Dream Car Is Probably Going To Get Way More Expensive If Tariffs Go Forward, But There’s Good News
Yesterday, March 26, President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on car imports and imported car parts. The tariff calls for 25 percent tariffs to be
One Ford Executive Created A List Of Mixed Metaphors And Malaprops Heard Around The Office And It’s Hilarious
When metaphors, adages, maxims, and idioms become clichés and words sound similar, it’s easy for people to mix them up, and the resulting jumble can
Some Geniuses Are Adding A Gear To Their Jeep Transmissions With A $50 Junkyard Part
If I told you my car had a four-speed automatic transmission, but I wanted five speeds instead, you’d shrug. You’d say that swapping in a
Pickup Trucks Are Probably Going To Get Way More Expensive, Which Seems Bad To Me
I was studying the Book of Job last night when I got a call from someone who works at a major automaker, hoping to provide
This City Tried Trapping Cars In Pits To Keep Them Out Of Bus Lanes. Here’s How That Worked Out
Roadways! They’re supposed to be clear paved routes for vehicles to safely pass through. In Calgary, Canada, however, the local road authorities occasionally diverted from
Hey I Didn’t Know This Was A Ford Model Name So Let’s All Take A Moment Here
This world – she’s so vast and full of things I have no idea about! The entire discipline of herpetology, for example– I don’t really
The 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958 Is An Affable Workhorse Of An SUV
It doesn’t snow very often here in North Carolina, but when it does, you can count on the good people of this beautifully damp and
I Is For: 1994 Isuzu Amigo vs 1994 Iveco VM90
Welcome back! We’re working our way through the world of used cars alphabetically, and today, the I’s have it, as we look at a pair
The Autopian’s Pop Culture References You Might Have Missed: COTD
One of The Autopian’s core goals is to provide you, our lovely readers, with content that is both enlightening and entertaining. Anyone can regurgitate a
The Most Complicated Diesel Engine Ever Had 3 Blocks, 18 Cylinders, 36 Pistons, And Was Shaped Like A Triangle
There have been a lot of weird engines throughout history. The opposed-piston engine is an oddball, as is the Wankel and the hub-mounted piston engine.
Why Mechanics Spend Thousands On Fake Engines And Transmissions
While walking around SEMA last year, I stumbled upon something I had somehow never seen before: a thriving market for fake engines. Yes, fake. They
This Brazilian Company Once Made The Weirdest Limos, Including A Passat Wagon Limo
Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s was, in many ways, to automobiles what Australia was to marsupials: a protected, contained environment where the denizens of
You Can Buy One Of America’s Rarest Audi Models For The Price Of A New GTI
In the world of cars, few things excite on sight like a true unicorn. A car you’re likely never to spot another example of in
Early Estimate Shows Tesla Sales Dropped This Quarter In The US As Overall EV Sales Increased
It’s becoming clear Tesla has struggled in Europe, due at least in part to CEO Elon Musk’s politics, but will that become an issue here?
Is This The Baby Nissan XTerra We’ve All Been Dreaming Of?
In the late 1990s, everything was extreme with an X. We’re talking X Games, D-Generation X, Static-X, the list goes on. Wanting to cash in
Smart Wants To Convince The World To Buy City Cars Again
The world of city cars has taken a battering in the past decades. While never a chart-topping segment, city cars have usually sold in decent
It’s Not Just You, Newer Cars Are Buggy As Hell
Since about 2009, I’ve driven somewhere between 20-100 different vehicles every year. Many of those are new, with a mixture of cars loaned to me
The New Nissan Leaf Completely Changed Its Identity Just So You’d Notice It Again
Nissan really fumbled its electric vehicle lead. It was arguably the first automaker to launch a modern high-volume electric car in the U.S., and while
The Hyundai Santa Fe’s Taillights Remind Me Of Something Very Specific One Of You Already Guessed
Yesterday, I wrote perhaps far too much about how the current Ford Bronco’s rear indicators look like curly brackets; that was, of course, important journalism,
This Vintage Fiberglass Fifth-Wheel Camper Is So Light You Can Tow It With Almost Any Pickup Truck
The half-ton pickup truck is an American marvel. Hundreds of thousands of Americans drive these machines day in and day out as workhorses, family cars,