The grille is awkward and small, the indicators are set into a strange linear, chrome-bordered recess that feels like part of something else, and the hardware for the bumper doesn’t look like automotive hardware; the bumper looks like it’s made from bathroom grab handle railings, or something. And yet, despite all this, somehow I like that weird, grumpy face. It has real charm behind it, a peculiar sort of fussy, weird charm, like an annoying friend that would do anything if it makes things more fun, even if they won’t shut up or not make weird noises when they chew....

Her whole body language reads “wait, what are you doing here?” though she is still smiling and hopefully is amused by it all. I mean, it is a cool car, after all. Especially with those strange above-the-bumper rubber-block bumper guards there. The very distinct body differences between the Coupé 504 and the Sedan 504 – here, I’ll show you that one now: …made me realize another common example of this, only we never think of it that way: the Volkswagen Beetle and Karmann Ghia....

The last Autopian meetup was a roaring success, with everything from Lamborghinis to TVRs to old trucks to $500 beaters assembling in an unofficial capacity at the Walmart parking lot in Troy, Michigan — just north of Detroit. Your humble website plans to keep things classy by once again hanging out in a Walmart parking lot for a completely unsanctioned gathering of car-nerds. I plan to be there in a 1966 Ford Mustang....

Before we get started, I want to take a moment to thank some people. First, huge thanks to Thomas for holding down the fort for me with such enthusiasm and flair. I really appreciate it. Second, thank you all so much for the outpouring of condolences and support about my dad. It means more than you can possibly know. And finally, because I haven’t had a chance to do so, huge thanks to all our newly-minted supporting members!...

Here’s the tweet: — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 29, 2022 So, Elon is saying that the likely 5,000 to 6,000-pound Cybertruck will be waterproof and buoyant enough to float, “briefly,” making it able to “cross rivers, lakes & even seas that aren’t too choppy,” though good luck to you finding a not-too-choppy sea that you can cross, you know, “briefly.” Brief crossings of seas aren’t generally a thing, though there is a car designed in 1938 that has managed to pull off all of the things Elon listed there:...

In our last entry, reader Alex T found a new car to add to my bucket list. Last month, my wife and I bombed about Los Angeles in a Golf GTI, a practical hatch that keeps the smile factor set way high. That car made me fall deeply in love with the concept of a hot hatch; then Alex T came around and suggested that I could have GTI power with an even longer roof....

The other car that I can think of that used a similar triple-numeric-based-on-technical-details naming convention is the high-performance variant of the Datsun Fairlady Z/240Z called the Z432. In this case, “432” refers to a different arbitrary selection of traits: four valves, three carburetors, and two camshafts. [Editor’s Note: Before Torch gets all Torch on us, let’s try these same two methods on a few other vehicles. Following the Oldsmobile method, a base 1966 Mustang would be a Ford 231 — two valves per cylinder, a three-speed manual, and a single exhaust pipe....

source: geekdad In many ways, American Motors was similar to this mystical island. While perhaps better known by later products such as the Gremlin and Pacer, the company was created by mergers of firms that made rather odd, out-of-the-box products such as Hudson, Willys, Kaiser-Jeep, and Nash. All of these were small companies that dared to explore markets that the Big Three had little interest in at the time (and in many cases would prove to be decades ahead of their time), and American Motors kept up this trend until their 1987 demise....

Back in the 1930s, Ford engineers began work on a vehicle to fill a hole. This vehicle would have more features and styling than any existing Ford product, but not quite on the level of a Lincoln. Created in 1938 by Edsel Ford, Mercury’s existence was that of a middle child, filling Ford’s gap for a mid-range premium vehicle. Mercury was a hit right out of the gate. The first Mercury was the 1939 Mercury 8....

Today we’ll be sharing our 3+ years of experience with Hostinger. Running plenty of sites on Hostinger web host, we have gained expertise and because of this, we would like to share everything with our readers and help them to make a WISE decision on Hostinger. Hostinger is offering 2 months of free hosting with our promo code: ANILAGARWAL You’re in the right place. We’ll be reviewing important parameters of Hostinger including: Performance, Hosting Plans, User Interface, Customer Support, etc and finally highlighting the pros and cons with a quick summary....

The lights on the Countach that I’m referring to specifically — the front sidelight/indicator units and the taillights —are really the only lights that are actually seen on the car, since the headlights themselves are hidden under covers. Let’s start with the taillights first, because they’re more dramatic and maybe a bit more tragic. Let’s look at the rear of the Countach LP500 of 1971, the design concept that served as the basis of what would later become the Lamborghini Countach:...

You know it’s every bloggers’ dream to rank its keywords into the top 10 results of SERP. Right? But nowadays, it’s not that easy to get into the first page of SERP for any keyword. Gone are the days when just by placing your target keyword in some prominent places of your post and you got the #1 position. To outrank existing sites, there are a few SEO metrics such as search volume, keyword trend, Cost Per Click, keyword difficulty, etc....

Whether you know it or not, 9 out of 10 food bloggers don’t earn even a penny. There’s a HUGE competition out there. So if you want to succeed, you need to do most of the things right (starting from picking the right web host to building an audience, using the right monetization strategy, and so on). Do you want to launch a food blog but don’t know how to get started?...

— Chazzy (@chazzydawgg) March 20, 2022 [Remember this video? It was absolutely everywhere the week before we launched The Autopian. Every site was mostly just holy-crapping the whole thing, gawking at that heavy-ass Tesla swan-diving into the pavement, sending trash cans flying and trashing that poor bastard’s Subaru. But we wanted to know why. What is it about this hill and this car that made for such an astoundingly dramatic jump?...

If you’re unfamiliar Star Wars, allow me to be the first to welcome you to wakefulness after the coma you fell into in 1976. If you’re not familiar with Andor, it takes place well before the events of the first 1977 Star Wars: A New Hope movie and follows Cassian Andor, who ends up being part of the Rebellion, and – you know what, just watch the trailer: Don’t worry about specific plot stuff, because that’s not what we’re here for....

That’s the Ganeshan family you see in these photos, and the little four-year-old is Sagar. I know him because, a while back, he cold-emailed me to ask how he could become an automotive engineer. I gave him my phone number, and we chatted about things he (someone who was a little self-conscious about his grades, though I told him they were fine) could do to get that dream job in the auto industry....

Ford released the first-generation Windstar for 1995 and at the time, minivans with left sliding doors were a bit of an anomaly. Even the first-generation Mazda MPV with conventionally-hinged doors didn’t have a rear door on the driver’s side while the Windstar was in development. Ford, presumably to keep material and development costs lean, decided to stick with the status quo and release the Windstar with just one sliding door....

First, a note about prank season in Sterling. Pranks aren’t limited to springtime here, but it is prank season. The college seniors are in high spirits and wanting to leave their mark. The young livestock are highly visible in the surrounding fields, and some youngsters may find it tempting to deposit them somewhere completely out of context where shrieks and mayhem will ensue. And very specifically, cars (usually small ones) tend to get resituated in unnatural settings and arrangements....

All of his wealth is generated from his online businesses including his YouTube channels, MrBeast official storefront, etc. In May 2017, Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, had around one million subscribers. Now (as of February 2023), MrBeast has over 131 million subscribers. MrBeast fans call him the Santa of YouTube. MrBeast is a famous YouTuber known for donating millions of dollars to random strangers, friends, and family. So how MrBeast go from NOTHING to the most influential and richest YouTuber on the planet?...

Closer than I thought, actually. I expected the BMW to run away with it and leave the poor old Jensen languishing in obscurity. Personally, given the choice between these two, I’d probably take the Jensen, mainly because it’s as close as I’ll ever get to a Lotus. Moving on: Somehow, amid the baggy jeans and the Pauly Shore movies and the saxophone-playing politicians, a funny thing happened in the 1990s: Cars got good....