A Look At A 1950s Messerschmitt KR200’s Steering Yoke, Which Is Cooler Than Tesla’s
I’ve noticed on the World Wide Web that there’s been a spike in interest in yoke-style steering wheels as of late, what with Lexus and Tesla trying out dif...
The Used Car Market Is Getting Weirder Than A Sword-Swallowing Unicyclist Rolling Up To Applebee’s
The average car is now older than Drake's first album, Nissan expands its certified pre-owned program to include other manufacturers' cars, Lancia launches...
The Key To Getting A Cheap Car Right Now Is To Chase The ‘Ugly Stick,’ And The Chevy HHR Is The King
Right now people are overpaying for cars. If you want something from this millennium with under 150,000 miles and devoid of major mechanical or cosmetic is...
Nice Sensible People-Movers: 2003 Honda Odyssey vs 1996 Chevy Suburban
Welcome back! This week we're going to take a break from the batshit-crazy choices and look at some nice sensible vehicles. You know, stuff you might actua...
Cold Start: Meet The Autopian Test Car
Yes, the moldy old Scion xB has found a new, vitally important role for its twilight years: the Autopian Test Car. It served David and I extremely well thi...
Why Your Front Suspension Was Designed To Have A Spring And Shock Just Barely Out Of Alignment
What’s up, Autopians? Welcome to another edition of Ask an Engineer. This week we’re going to look into a question that has come up about MacPherson strut ...
The Renault Scénic Vision Is A Plug-In Hybrid Concept Car Like You’ve Never Seen Before
The Renault Scénic returns as a hydrogen PHEV concept car, Valeo announced Level 4-ready LIDAR tech, Nissan and Mitsubishi launch a pair of adorable electr...
Holy Crap Were There Some Great Cars At The Autopian’s First Second Official Informal Car Show And Meet-Up
"Wow, you're much shorter in person than I realized," said the woman with the fantastic wood-paneled Buick Roadmaster wagon, looking (down) at me with a mi...
Three GMs And A Ford Vie For Shitbox Of The Week: Which Is Your Favorite?
Happy Friday! It's been an odd week for me, and a week of some surprising Shitbox Showdown results. I never expected that "some assembly required" Chevy Sp...
The BMW M4 CSL Is A Pricey Stripped-Out Special Edition That’s Trying To Outrun Its Own Face
When BMW unveiled the current M4, I thought it was hideous. Incongruous lines, no Hofmeister kink (that’s the kink in the rear side window on older BMWs), ...