How Two Bolts Can Change Your Entire Weekend And Put The Rest Of Your Summer In Perspective
Jag wrenching. It’s something that I have been focused on for the past six years of my life since I bought my first British Racing
The Volkswagen Golf R Is Now A $50,000 Car And That Hurts My Soul
Volkswagen is having a rough go of things at the moment. Sales for the first half of the year are down 13 percent versus 2024,
What Form Would Your Revenge Take? Ford Ranger vs Chevy Aveo vs Nissan Altima vs Kia Spectra
I wasn’t sure how to end this week of implausible cheap-car scenarios. Should I go big? Should I come up with some silly way of
This Can Help Keep You Safe On Your Next Adventure: COTD
The world can be a dangerous place. All it takes is one big mistake, or perhaps a string of small mistakes, to alter your life
This Only Fanbelts Has Everything: Wedding Bells. Dad Bikes. Mom Cars. A Butter-Yellow Boxster …
Welcome back to Only Fanbelts, your weekly look at whatever the Autopian gang is getting up to behind the scenes, after hours, and anywhere in
How My Obsessive Reporting Changed The $14.7 Billion Dieselgate Settlement And Possibly Led To A Huge Car Theft
Before all the crazy wrenching projects, before my engineering deep-dives, and well before I started The Autopian, I began at Jalopnik as a staff writer
VW’s Dieselgate Emissions Cheat Was Terrible, Sure, But It Was Pretty Clever If You Think About It
It’s been a solid decade since the whole Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal went down, which I think may be sufficient time that we can start saying
Here’s How The 9,100 Pound Cadillac Escalade IQ Keeps Up With Sports Cars On Backroads
The 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ doesn’t stray from the internal-combustion formula that put “Escalade” on the map decades ago. It’s huge, with plenty of space
This Is The Last Subaru Legacy
It feels like just yesterday when Subaru announced it would be ending production of its long-running Legacy sedan after the 2025 model year. In reality,
I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills Every Time I Read A Faraday Future Email
I’ve met an actual Faraday Future FF91 owner last month, which is only about three times more likely than meeting someone who has literally walked
This New Aerodynamic Camper Is A Canadian RV Legend Made Even Better
For a brief period of around a decade, Canada and the United States got to enjoy some forbidden fruit from the United Kingdom. During the
Pontiac Wanted To Make A New LeMans In The Worst Way Possible, And They Did
Not everyone is happy when certain vaunted car names are revived on vehicles that they deem less than worthy. Few K5 fans or former owners
The 325-Horsepower Ford Fusion Sport Is A Wolf In Rental Car Clothing
The term “Sport” is now absolutely meaningless when it comes to trim levels and model names. It could mean a cut-down, more budget-friendly version of
Why Police Crushed A Durango Hellcat Even Though They Wanted to Keep It
There are dozens of stories about how police departments seize cool cars and place them into the agency’s fleet, adorning them with a police livery,
What Is The Best Car With A Diesel Engine?
Diesel used to be a big deal. A couple of decades ago, some governmental authorities and plenty of automakers thought that, one day, we’d all
Today Is The 10th Anniversary Of Dieselgate And Volkswagen Is Still Haunted By Its Ghost
I consider today to be the anniversary of Dieselgate because it marks ten years since Volkswagen received a notice from the Environmental Protection Agency stating
The Strange Indignity Of The Sedanbulance
As someone who has ridden in the not-fun part of an ambulance, I have to say that one of the things I most appreciated about
Here’s What It’s Like Owning A Volkswagen Cheater Diesel A Decade After Dieselgate
One decade ago today, the Environmental Protection Agency served a Notice of Violation to the Volkswagen Group for violating the Clean Air Act. The allegation?
Hyundai To Launch A Tacoma-Fighting Midsize Truck In America, 600-Mile Range EREV
It feels fair to say that the midsize truck segment is hotter than ever. Toyota makes one, Nissan makes one, Jeep makes one, Ford makes
Delivery Driver Killed Unloading Andy Warhol BMW M1 Art Car
I’ve loaded and unloaded dozens of cars from trailers at this point in my life, and while I think I’ve gotten pretty good at it,
2009 Kia Spectra vs 2009 Chevy Cobalt: Which One Could You Put Up With For A Year?
Remember the movie Brewster’s Millions? It’s an old tale, told many times throughout the years, always involving a wealthy eccentric relative and a set of conditions