Nerd Out On The Volkswagen Phaeton’s Absurdly Over-Engineered Trunk

We don't usually spend much time thinking about trunks around here, but when we do, we tend to...

A Callaway Supercharger Fixes The Chevrolet SSR’s One Single Flaw: Not Enough V8 Power

General Motors doesn't always get the launch of a new vehicle exactly right, but in the early 2000s,...

2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Looks Slightly Less Weird, But It’s Still Really Weird, And That’s Good

The Hyundai Ioniq 6 instantly became one of the most divisive new car reveals in a long time...

Europeans Are Refusing To Buy Teslas As Sales Crater

Tesla's sales in Germany and the United Kingdom are so dismal they are pretty much becoming a statistically...

Tesla Releases Stripped-Out RWD Cybertruck That Is So Much Worse For Not Much Less Money

The Tesla Cybertruck has been really struggling lately, with thousands of trucks sitting in inventory, recalls and stop-sales...

2025 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands Sasquatch Can Go Way Further Off-Road Than Anyone Needs It To

You're forced to make a choice when it comes time to buy a new small crossover for your...

The Philosophy of Automotive Brand Design: How Visual Identity Shapes Brand Perception

The relationship between automotive design and human perception represents one of the most complex and fascinating intersections of...

2026 bZ Woodland Adds Off-Road Capability And More Space To Toyota’s Electric Crossover

When Subaru unveiled the larger and granola hiker-inspired Trailseeker wagon-y version of its Solterra electric SUV last month,...

Tesla Model S Lost The Most Value On The Used Market Last Year, And Three Other Teslas Made The Top 20 List

Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, have faced tough times lately with hundreds of protests against Musk's poisonous politics...

Toyota Needs To Bring Back X-Treme Commercials From The 1990s

Sure, you may like the new Toyota Tacoma. You may even want a new Tacoma. Heck, there's even a chance...

Silverado EV Beats Lucid Air In Long-Range Electric Title Fight

Chevrolet's Silverado EV Work Truck base model delivers more miles of electric range than any other EV on...

2026 Chevrolet Corvette’s Redesigned Interior Is Way More User-Friendly But Thankfully Still Strange

When the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette debuted in 2019 it was controversial in a lot of ways. Its styling...

The Average Ford F-150 Buyer Is Paying Over $900 A Month

The days of a cheap Ford F-150 are dead and buried as the average payment folks made for...

New Porsche Taycan Wheel Has Contrasting Color Aeroblades And A Throwback Turbo Twist Design

As many of you probably do, I spend a lot of time on the online configurators for cars,...

Elon Musk’s ‘Unprecedented Brand Damage’ Means Tesla’s Sales Drop Could Get A Lot Worse

Good morning! It's Friday, April 4, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the...

This Remarkably Preserved Hyundai Excel Reminded Me That Boring Cars Deserve Love Too

Some cars in this world are almost universally liked, appealing to the masses and impressing with their outrageous performance,...

There’s No Such Thing As A 1983 Chevy Corvette — Or Is There?

There's no such thing as a 1983 Chevy Corvette. Never has been, never will be. Everybody knows that. If...

Honda Packs Electric Prologue With More Range And Power For The Same Price In Effort To Conquer Tesla

Honda says that its Ultium-based Prologue was the second-best selling electric SUV in America in the final quarter of...

Crikey, Ford Australia Just Released A Ranger Super Duty With A Snorkel And A 9,900-Pound Towing Capacity

Ford Australia announced the new Ranger Super Duty today, the first time the Super Duty name has been applied...

Why Chevy’s 8.1L Vortec Was The Last Of The Big Block Era

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18, AKA the Vortec 8.1 — was the last of The General's...

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