The Tesla Cybertruck Makes Big Compromises To Be Cool, But It Actually Pulls It Off
"Your truck is ugly!" an unhoused man yelled while standing on an LA street corner holding up a cardboard sign (a sad, far-too-common sight in a city that ...
NASCAR PHYSICS: How Drivers Are Going To Get Around A Flat New Hampshire Track
NASCAR is heading north this week for some more short-track racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Magic Mile is a flat, progressively banked, one-mil...
You Can Buy An Awesome V8-Powered Audi S5 For Less Than $12,000
Sometimes, it helps to be picky. Dating, for example, or waiting to find the right house before plunking down a lump deposit. When it comes to big decision...
Why The Last-Generation Ford Thunderbird Is Deeply Underrated
There was a period in the 1990s through the 2000s when automakers and the buying public were obsessed with everything retro. The past was cool again, and c...
This Is How Electronic Ignition Works And Also How To Make A Spark Plug Play Music
Do you know how the spark plugs in an electronic ignition system works? Are you sure you do? Recently, while texting with my friend Roger, he and I b...
The BMW X5 Silver Anniversary Edition Gets Skid Plates And A Locking Diff For Understated Overlanding
A funny thing happened while none of us were looking: We all got old. Alright, perhaps that's a bit mean, but it's wild to realize that September marks a q...
Why The Pontiac Solstice Deserves Its Flowers: GM Hit Or Miss
While the electric revolution has me excited for how much quieter and more refined everyday cars can become, the enthusiast side of me feels a pang of fear...
What’s The Most Beautiful Speedometer Of All Time? Autopian Asks
The instrument cluster is a critical piece of equipment in every roadgoing vehicle, and a lot of the time you'll find it full of basic dials or just an uni...
Throwback To The Time Rally God Ari Vatanen Raided A Spectator’s Car For Parts
Apart from Sauber and Williams in F1, motorsports teams typically show up prepared for anything. Rally teams, especially so, given their cars take such a b...
Here’s Why The Dealership Cyberattack Is A Bigger Deal Than It Seems
Cyberattacks are so common these days that it's hard to care when you hear about another one if it doesn't impact you directly, but the massive attack on d...