Can You Think Of Any Cars That Switched Engine Location On The Same Model? There’s A Few So Let’s Talk About Them
In general, where its decided to stick an engine in a car is a pretty huge part of its design and development, and, generally, that means you can't change ...
The Tiny Bede BD-5 Was A Homebuilt Plane With Remarkable Abilities, And An Appetite For Blood
Back in the 1970s, enthusiastic pilots were offered an opportunity many found too tantalizing to refuse. They could build a plane that was easy to fly, cap...
Here’s My Final Design Of A Modern Cabover Pickup Truck: A Car Designer Sketches Your Ideas
Remember a few weeks back when you voted for what direction our modern cabover pickup truck would take? Well, in the end it wasn’t even close. Close infers...
Germany Says No To A Ban On New Combustion-Powered Cars
Germany says no to the EU’s combustion car ban, Polestar’s SPAC date draws nearer, AMG murders out the GLE. All this and more on today’s issue of The Morni...
A Ridiculously Detailed Look At How Ford Engineered The 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor To Be A Hardcore Purpose-Built Off-Road Monster
The Ford Bronco is already a hardcore off-road beast. Especially with its optional 35-inch monster-truck tires, the vehicle is tall, heavy, relatively nois...
Land Yachts Set Sail! 1971 Plymouth Fury vs 1969 Cadillac DeVille
Ahoy there, Autopians! Today on Shitbox Showdown, we're going to the opposite end of the car size scale, and looking at a couple of good old fashioned Amer...
Cold Start: The Mysterious Floating Glove
There's some recurring design elements in these old car brochures that are worth pointing out, because they're effectively gone today, or, in some cases, h...
Under-Appreciated Clever Innovations: The Škoda Felicia Fun’s Secret Sliding Supplemental Seat System Setup
The Czech carmaker Škoda is largely unknown in mainstream American car culture, and while that's understandable (you're more likely to meet a dog that took...
Why Society Has Deemed A Crappy Truck Cooler Than A Crappy Car
David likes to call me up and ask about the old 1989 Ford F-150 he bought for me, because even if he decided he didn't have the time/space/energy to deal w...
Battle Of The Tiny Fujis: 1989 Subaru Justy 4WD vs 1970 Subaru 360
Good morning, everyone, and happy Monday to you! I trust you all had a good weekend, and that the dads out there got some cool stuff (or just rest and rela...