Someone Spent Lots Of Money Turning A Worthless Postal Jeep Into A Hotrod With An Amazing Name
I was once the proud owner of a 1970s Postal Jeep. I bought the thing for $500, spent hundreds of hours and a few thousand dollars fixing it, and then sold...
Have You Ever Accidentally Made Your Car Worse? Autopian Asks
"I shouldn't have done that." I usually utter that immediately after trying to do something to improve a vehicle, only to make it worse. Sometimes, I en...
The Genius Way BMW Solved Frozen Door Locks
If you've ever relied on a car with manual door locks as daily transportation in a wintry climate, you know lock cylinders aren't moisture-proof. Here in t...
Huge Smartphone Company Xiaomi Just Showed The World Their Under-$30,000 Tesla Model 3 Fighter
I'll admit, I'm not really that familiar with Xiaomi as a smartphone company; my Motorola Startac has served me well all these years, and when it finally g...
How Honda Could Be The Key To Electrification In The United States
My sister-in-law has a friend who moved to a place that did not have a Chili's franchise and he remarked to her once, with a note of surprising sadness, th...
A Salute To Stickshifts: Probe vs Civic vs C1500 vs Mini
Good morning! It's Friday, and since we have four good-running cars as winners from this week, it's time for a runoff. All these vehicles are manuals becau...
Another Old Guide To Truck Liveries, But Simpler: Cold Start
Remember last month when I showed you that fantastic 1970s guide to Bell System vehicle liveries, full of all the carefully-considered details and measurem...
Oh Dear, Nissan’s Product Strategy Has Been Revealed! COTD
I'm sure you've read it by now, but CNN published one heck of a hot take where a writer more or less called for the death of manual transmissions. Among hi...
This Fun $15,000 Teardrop Camper Is So Lightweight You Can Tow It With Almost Any Car
Each year, countless Americans drive home in crossovers of all shapes and largely monochrome colors. Others buy one of the increasing numbers of EVs out th...
The Insane Kia K900 Flagship Luxury Sedan Might Just Be The Best Bargain In Cars Right Now
When it comes to road-tripping, nothing soaks up the miles quite like a flagship luxury sedan complete with all the bells and whistles. However, when it co...