How A Czech Racing Driver Crammed Two Tires Onto One Wheel In Pursuit Of Ultimate Performance, Inspiring The Famous Goodyear ‘Aquatred’ In The Process
Turning your car into a eight-wheeled monster by mounting two tires on each corner sounds like a violently American concept, up there with shooting a Bacon...
How An Alignment Works And Why Your Car Even Needs One In The First Place: Musings From A Suspension Engineer
Have you ever wondered why your car seems to be eating tires at an alarming rate or why it doesn’t go straight down the road when the steering wheel is cen...
Why Mercedes Is Telling Owners Of Nearly 300,000 Cars To Stop Driving Immediately
Stop driving most 2006 to 2012 Mercedes SUVs, gawk at the 2023 Subaru Legacy’s new and disproportionate grille, vocalize an indignant harrumph towards the ...
Subaru, Jeep, Buick, or Dodge: Which Bad-Luck-Mobile Is For You?
Happy Friday once again, Autopians! It's Friday the 13th, so be careful out there. Don't go walking under any ladders or petting any black cats (especially...
Cold Start: Some Good Luck For The Bad Luck
It's Friday the 13th! A day that's supposed to be unlucky because of the dinner reservations Jesus made at the Last Supper or something like that. I'm not ...
A Look At The Incredible Cars Being Restored At America’s Quirkiest Car Museum
Lane Motor Museum’s restoration shop is one part of the museum that isn’t really open to the public. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the cars that were cu...
Five Annoying Problems With Modern Cars That Manufacturers Don’t Seem To Give A Damn About
Modern cars are pretty incredible. We all know this; compared to what came before, they perform better than ever, they're more efficient, they're crammed f...
Here’s Why You Should Slow Down To Save Gas According To An Aerodynamicist And Powertrain Engineer
As I'm sure you're already aware, gas in America is stupid expensive right now. Well, stupid expensive by American standards, which are, admittedly, not th...
The 2023 Cadillac Escalade-V Goes Ballistic With 682 Horsepower And A Claimed 12-Second Quarter Mile Time
Cadillac gives the Escalade some muscle, Foxconn officially owns the Lordstown plant, Hyundai recalls a recall. All this and more on today’s issue of The M...
Maroon Minivan Madness: Old-School Dodge Caravan Or Newish Chevy Venture?
Welcome back to Shitbox Showdown! Today we're going to be looking at a couple of those ubiquitous boxes-on-wheels: minivans. (Don't make that face). First,...