Author: The Autopian

So at this very moment our own David Tracy is, for complex and probably unknowable reasons, driving around a Lexus dealer loaner car, an NX. He just called me up to ask me a very valid and perceptive question: does anyone like power interior door handles? I’m glad to hear this question because it’s one I’ve asked […]

Yesterday, Tesla stock closed at a price per share of $188.18, and while that’s down from the company’s 52-week high of $299.19, it still makes Tesla more valuable than the next four most valuable car companies combined – Toyota, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and BYD. But it wasn’t always that way. When I started at Tesla as […]

Late last year, XPEL kindly invited me to attend SEMA, the big car show in Las Vegas filled with amazing custom cars and aftermarket suppliers and parties and burnouts — You know, SEMA. To get there, I of course had to take the 1991 Jeep Wrangler YJ that had just received a full XPEL Paint […]

My fellow Autopians, welcome to the second edition of Suspension Secrets, where we dive deep into the workings of some of the most iconic suspensions ever produced. This time we are going to look closely at the fascinatingly different rear suspensions available on the most popular truck in America for the past 47 years. (according to […]

This Ridiculous 4.2-liter 48-Cylinder 1,300-Pound Motorcycle For Sale Is 16 Kawasakis Mashed Together And It Has A Record Number Of Cylinders

Several decades ago, the only information most car radios displayed was the frequency of which station you’re tuning into, possibly the volume of the stereo, and perhaps the equalizer, balance, and fader settings. That’s it; you were at the mercy of your local DJs and whatever music identifications skills you could muster to keep a […]

Welcome to Trade-In Tuesday, a regular feature in which I drive a vehicle that has been traded in to Galpin, The Autopian’s sister-company run by cofounder Beau Boeckmann. Today’s trade-in is a 1997 BMW 840CI, a V8-powered, popup headlight-having, C-pillarless swaggermobile that stood at the pinnacle of BMW’s lineup in the 1990s, and was even […]

One of reader heroes tried to drive almost 700 miles to the North Carolina Autopian car meet, then his Saab 9-2X broke down in crazy fashion

The Aston Martin Rapide, once nearly a $200,000 car, is now Honda CR-V money. Isn't depreciation spectacular sometimes?

The 2024 Aliner Grand Ascape ST is a cute camper that you can have for as low as $25,000. But there may be some quality issues to be aware of