I Just Drove By The Chrysler Technical Center, Where I Worked With 11,000 People Before The Pandemic. It’s An Eerie Ghost Town
"Crap crap crap," I needed to find parking; I was running late for the 8 A.M. Jeep Wrangler mild hybrid thermal system meeting that I was leading. "There's...
The Porsche 914’s Pop-Up Headlights Had A Grisly Secret
In our modern, aero-obsessed era, pop-up headlights are pretty much extinct, since most car designers and engineers now frown on the idea of deploying a pa...
Porsche Once Built A Wild One-Off Convertible Cayenne With Two Rear-Ends. Yes, Two Rear-Ends
Porsche is celebrating 20 years of its Cayenne super SUV. When it released, fans couldn't believe their eyes, calling the Porsche SUV blasphemy. But the Ca...
IIHS Changes Side Crash Test To Simulate Impact From Today’s Heavy SUVs. Watch Several Midsize Sedans Get Rocked
Several midsize cars fare badly in the new IIHS side impact test, Volkswagen drops details on the new 62 kWh ID.4, the Nissan Maxima exits production. All ...
25-Year-Rule French Delicacies: 1995 Citroën C15 vs 1995 Peugeot 306
Good morning, Autopians, and happy Friday to you all! Today we're lifting our price cap so we can take a look at a couple of French cuties that were once f...
Cold Start: This One’s For David Tracy
As you likely remember from reading this article here or, perhaps more likely, hearing recent sermons from your local clergyperson, our own David Tracy was...
Auto Union 1000, BMW 760Li, Suzuki RE-5: Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness
Welcome back to Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness! As you all know, I have an affliction that involves drooling over and buying too many vehicles of all kinds....
This Incredible Old Amphibious Isuzu Concept Reminds Me Of The Wrongest Assumption In The Automotive Industry
I've certainly been accused of liking weird cars or having non-mainstream automotive tastes as some kind of performance, as though I'm just doing it for at...
The Latest Formula 1 Shitshow Explained
If you’re even slightly interested in Formula 1, you probably know that all hell has broken loose over the past few days. From driver disputes to unsecured...
A Startup Is Launching A Practical Electric Motorcycle That Costs Just $1,500
One of the barriers to getting people into an electric vehicle is upfront cost. Even cheap EVs are more expensive than some can afford, and they'd still ha...