This Group Of Friends Just Proved That Anyone Can Do Their Own Top Gear-Inspired Cheap Car Challenge Road Trip
Anyone who’s watched the BBC series Top Gear will know some of that show’s best segments centered around hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard
What’s The Point Of Stepside Pickup Trucks?
Conventional front-engine pickup truck design is, once you distill it down, pretty basic. A low, enclosed box in the front for the engine, a taller,
How A 30-Cent Coat Hanger Helped Fix My Car The Right Way
It’s amazing how quickly a plan can go a little bit south. Maybe not “my life is completely ruined” south, but certainly southward enough to
The Second-Gen RX-7 Is A Cranberry-Sauce Car. What Are Some Others?
I originally planned to Autopian Ask ya’ll about your Thanksgiving road-trip plans and/or any past holiday-haul adventures, but it turns out Matt already posed that
I’m Driving Our Lifted Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet 3,400 Miles Across The Country To Take Part In America’s Silliest Rally
There’s something magical about the great American road trip. Just point your hood in a direction, mash the pedal, and watch the world go by.
Here Are More Amazing Chinese EVs You’ve (Probably) Never Seen Before
Today, we return to China for a brand new NEV MegaSpot Story® with the latest New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) on the streets of the Chinese
Why The BMW Z4 Deserves More Than A Boring Matte Black Final Edition
The BMW Z4 is nearly dead. We all knew this was coming, what with its Toyota GR Supra sibling being available in a Final Edition
People Pay Way More For Ford F-150 Raptors Than Any Other Truck
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, which means home cooks around the country are collecting what they need to make a meal for their loved ones
Here’s What The Subheads In This Postwar Vauxhall Brochure Would Be If They Were Book Titles
I’ll be the first to admit that, even for the abysmally low standards of Cold Start, this is a pretty tortured conceit. But, for some reason,
Which Is Worth A Little More Money? 2010 Mazda 3 vs 2016 Kia Forte
How do you define a “cheap” car? Where’s your cutoff? I’m slowly increasing the prices of the cars we’re looking at this week and next,
The Hilarity Of Vintage Volkswagen Complaining About How Automakers Made MPG Claims: COTD
Carmakers are a crafty bunch. In decades past, they made bombastic fuel economy claims and even more bizarre advertisements. Sometimes, ads and brochures were best
How I, A Smart Car Enthusiast Of Nearly Two Decades, Would Have Saved America’s Least Favorite City Car Brand
There’s a lot of buzz right now about automakers that have fallen from the pedestals of their reputations. Jeep recently disappointed people with the Recon,
The Hit Sci-Fi Show ‘Pluribus’ Has Some Great Cars
Who enjoys culture, of the popular variety? You do, I bet, right? Well, remember that long-running show that served as a means to elevate the
Why This Video Of The New Prelude Looking Slow Is Probably No Big Deal
Ever since Honda revealed the reborn Prelude, people on the internet have wondered whether 200 horsepower was enough. Now that this sport compact has made it
What’s Your Favorite Driving Position?
My wife has retired her 2015 RAV4 and, as a Toyota-for-lifer, she has replaced it with a Lexus NX 250. Until a recent trip to
The Feds Are Investigating Diesel Brothers Star ‘Heavy D’ Over Black Hawk Helicopter Flights During A Press Event I Attended
David ‘Heavy D’ Sparks, the influencer of Discovery Channel’s Diesel Brothers fame, has been catching a lot of heat lately. He recently spent two nights
Why Brenthon Might Be The Weirdest Tuning Company On The Planet
Hyundai and Kia make some pretty good cars, but they also have a bit of an image problem in North America. From the brands’ bargain-basement
I’m Halfway Through My Cheap Range Rover Road Trip, Here’s What’s Broken So Far
I absolutely love a good road trip. So when an opportunity arose to drive my cheap beater 2008 Range Rover 850 miles from New York
Nissan Reportedly Killed America’s Cheapest Car Months Ago And Nobody Even Noticed
It’s a bad time to be shopping for cars on a budget. According to the analysts at Cox Automotive, the average transaction price for a
Scout Doesn’t Know If It Should Launch A Hybrid Or An EV First
I am always excited about new automakers, and the electric car hype boom (plus low interest rates) combined to encourage a bunch of them to
It Looks Like Porsche Took My Advice On Making Its Electric Sports Car More Like A Hyundai
At my previous job at a different site, I wrote what some would consider a hot take: That Porsche should just cancel its upcoming electric