This Optical Illusion Of A Yawning Chasm In A Tunnel Messes With A Driver’s Head Just Like It’ll Mess With Yours
A good rule of thumb when it comes to driving is not to drive into any open pits, holes, chasms, or even canyons, if you can help it. Ask around if you don...
A Trained Designer Imagines What The International Scout Could Have Become
You people like things that aren't real, right? Of course you do! Especially imaginary cars, right? We got some Cybertruck fans out there, don't we? I kid,...
After A Brief Return From A Brief Hiatus, Mini Is Temporarily Discontinuing The Manual Gearbox Again
Mini drops a pedal, GMC ritzes up the Yukon, Stellantis is really trying this whole mobility thing. All this and more on today’s edition of The Morning Dum...
How The Same Technology That Keeps Your Hot Chocolate Warm Reduces Emissions On The Second-Generation Toyota Prius
A Thermos filled with coolant sounds like it could be part of a really cheesy murder plot. Some guy goes out on a mountain, takes a swig from the Thermos, ...
V4 Saab Or Diesel Isuzu: Which Oddball 2 Door Deserves A Second Chance?
Good morning, fellow Autopians! It's time to look at a couple more cheap old cars. I'm considering implementing a "Two-Door Tuesday" rule here on Shitbox S...
Cold Start: It’s Like A Chameleon
There's something about the strangely matte beige of this 1957 Fiat 1100 that just blends in with its sun-baked, desert-y environment so well, that if you ...
Why This Weird Black Rectangle On The 1980s Chevy Sprint Is So Utterly Baffling
Remember the 1980s Chevy Sprint? It was something of a strange car. It got its start as GM's M-Car project, which was going to be a small economy car. Prio...
Why Automakers Sometimes Overpressurize Tires And How That Can Affect Your Handling: Ask An Engineer
Hello Autopians and welcome to another edition of Ask an Engineer. This week I thought we could talk about tires again since we had so much fun with them t...
Here’s A Look At A Working Bus From 1833: Cars Before Cars
Mercedes-Benz did not invent the automobile in 1886. I know it likes to say it did, but it didn't, not by a long shot. Automobiles have been around in vari...
I’m Driving The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Soon: What Do You Want To Know?
I'm about to drive Ford's first-ever all-electric F-150, and I am excited — mostly to see cool hardware and hang out with geeky engineers, but also to driv...