When Was A Time You Used A Car For Something It’s Not Really Good At? Autopian Asks
Many vehicles are designed with a specific goal in mind. Maybe it's a pickup truck designed to be a tow beast, an economy car designed to be absurdly cheap...
How Much Faster Was The Hennessey Venom GT At COTA Than A Stock Car?
Road car lap records offer sweet, sweet bragging rights, which is why all manner of automakers have flocked to the Nürburgring in search of glory. The Nord...
How Lamborghini Should Remake The Espada And Reclaim The ‘Gentleman’s GT’ Market It Ceded To Ferrari
With the recent passing of Marcello Gandini, the Autopian attempted to let people know that the great car designer did far more than just design the Lambor...
Nissan Will Try To Pull Itself From A Deep Pit Of Mediocrity With Seven New Vehicles Including A New Truck
Nissan! As an automaker, it hasn't particularly impressed anyone lately. Its one big move in the United States has been to make a relatively affordable, mo...
You Could Once Buy A Chevy Silverado With Four Wheel Steering More Extreme Than The Tesla Cybertruck’s. Here’s How It Worked
It's safe to say that 1980s nostalgia is still going strong, and one piece of automotive tech popular towards the end of that decade is experiencing a rena...
When Porsche Helped The Soviet Union Try To Win The World’s Toughest Race
When the LADA Samara* car first arrived on British shores in November 1987, the now-defunct Motor magazine immediately slammed the Soviet Union’s answer to...
Basically Twins Under The Skin: 1986 Mazda 626 vs 1989 Ford Probe
Good morning, Autopians! I hope you all had a good weekend. Today we're looking at two cars that look nothing alike, but share the same platform. And one o...
Let’s Just Take A Moment To Consider The Logistics Of This: Cold Start
I really like the Renault 5, which we briefly got in America as the LeCar, and when I'm particularly bored or have to go into solitary I like to consider s...
Don’t Tell Me Andretti Isn’t Good Enough For F1 When Williams Can’t Even Field Two Cars
Ah, Formula 1. It's the elite of the elite, the top tier of motorsports. It's a place where money and dreams go to die, where only the storied few will eve...
Why Automotive Repair Shops Install These Skinny Plastic Wheels Onto Cars
"What the hell?!" I thought as I walked past Galpin Auto Sports, the best automotive modification facility in southern California (and part of The Autopian...