ALT: Princess Mostly Dead: Slightly Alive

I try not to be snarky about supercars because, in my heart of hearts, I enjoy most of them. When I’m at a place like Monterey Car Week I’m still excited by the sight of an F430 Spider, a Porsche 959,...

We’ve talked a good bit here about REO, the company that wants to build a combustion-engine’d pickup truck that will sell for an excitingly cheap $21,500. It’s a bold plan, trying to start an all-new ...

You may have seen a lot of stories floating around about how VW’s new Mission Efficiency concept has a range of about 900 miles; that isn’t true. It’s about half that, which is still quite good, but l...

Have you looked at photos of people taking a breathalyzer test online? No, of course you haven’t. Given how precious every minute of existence is, that would be a waste of an hour. Unless it’s your jo...

You may have seen a lot of stories floating around about how VW’s new Mission Efficiency concept has a range of about 900 miles; that isn’t true. It’s about half that, which is still quite good, but l...

Ryan Maruca is 25 years old, and he loves Chrysler's Daimler era. That's why he collected the manufacturer's entire lineup from 20 years ago.

I have embarked upon a journey, friends, and in doing so I’ve solved a mystery and uncovered a remarkable treasure. It is a great accomplishment in my journalistic career, and the only people who are ...

When approaching any administration’s automotive environmental policies, it’s easy to fall into the trap of giving politicians too much credit. For good or ill, consumer preference is the most importa...

In many ways, the Toyota Land Cruiser and Toyota Hilux are the unofficial vehicles of Africa. The robust trucks are used for civil service, delivery, personal vehicles, safaris, and sometimes even to ...

“I’m not pressed to sell it” says my new hero, a man named Kevin on Facebook Marketplace who is almost certainly not going to be pressed by anyone to sell his extremely purple, very custom 1988 Sterli...

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I’ve been reading a lot of history about the American Revolution, and one consistent feature in all the high-minded declarations is a reverence for earlier generations and a strong hope for future one...

ALT: Houston Astros Orbit Waves Flag

The current state of the automotive palette is a bit of a shocker. Look in any parking lot and there’ll be a sea of almost non-color, as black, white, gray, and silver dominate. It’s not your imaginat...

I found myself in a situation last week where I was able to say, accurately, that we needed to “overnight parts from Japan.” You’ll see the fruit of that request in about two weeks, but the immediate ...

According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems with one of the spacecraft's thruster systems.