For Two Years Only, Volkswagen Turned The Arteon Sedan Into A 300-Horsepower Rocketship With The Golf R’s DSG Transmission
Capacitive-touch annoyances aside, the Volkswagen Golf R is a brilliant one-car solution. It's fast, refined, unassuming, practical, and features a neutral...
What Was The Last Car With a Certain Feature? Autopian Asks
For every automotive first, there has to also be an automotive "last." Many car features began with great popularity and fulfilled a common need, to the...
How To Make A Game Boy Color Retro Speedometer For Your Car (And Why It’s So Much Fun)
As a purveyor of all things Retro, I was immediately intrigued by the original viral Game Boy Speedometer post by Zaku Mods and knew I was going to have to...
Car Key Fobs Are Way Too Big, But You Can Solve That Problem
Car keys used to be simple metal objects, and you could fit a ring of them neatly in your pocket. Today, just about every car comes with a bulky key fob th...
Happy Independence Day!: Cold Start
Happy birthday, America! You're 248 today, and you don't look a day over 230! Of course, that date is just when we declared independence from the British E...
Why This Company Bought The Last Fisker Oceans For About $14,000 Each
Fisker, Fisker, Fisker. Things didn't go so well, did they? First time around, you built the oddball Karma, and then flopped in 2014. This time, you gave u...
Here’s Why Michigan Still Uses A Ford Model T For Official Government Business
Just because a vehicle's old doesn't mean it's strictly a museum piece. The State of Michigan still uses a Ford Model T in a professional capacity, and we ...
Chevy Once Considered A Front-Wheel Drive Impala With A Flat-10 Air-Cooled Engine And That’s Just Bonkers
Oh, GM. Sometimes I feel like there is no novel engineering challenge beyond GM's grasp, and simultaneously no defeat that GM can't snatch away from victo...
The 2024 Polaris Slingshot R Is Part Sports Car, Part Pickup Truck, And All Ridiculous
There is a cry from within the automotive community for manufacturers to have more fun. Most cars have gotten so sterile and clinical in their missions to ...
I’m Paying Someone $800 To Do Work On My 1966 Mustang And I Feel Weird About It
I really could replace my 1966 Ford Mustang's exhaust by myself. All the parts are available, and I'd just use a bunch of clamps to squeeze it all together...