5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (418+ words) The Dyane is an interesting car, in that it’s a sort of semi-phoned-in attempt to make a somewhat more updated and upmarket 2CV, but without really having to do all that much. The target car was the Renualt 4, which itself was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1353+ words) There’s a part of me that thought Volkswagen leadership was really going to end up at least threatening to invoke the nuclear option, which was a move that would allow the company (in theory) to go around the board with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1230+ words) For context, no matter how you view the biggest and best German luxury cars, they have often also been available in very basic configuration, for customers who were successful enough to drive the largest available car, but thrifty enough to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1179+ words) The specter of China hangs over the rest of the car industry, which means it floats above The Morning Dump as well. The country’s government has created a massive customer base and a large number of automakers to feed it....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (461+ words) All images by author unless otherwise stated I love the Ford vs Ferarri parts price comparisons. Rationalization is the key to tranquility. Lord, I miss the elegant simplicity of DIN radios. You said “parts cannon” and I somehow read “Party…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (561+ words) Around back, a new taillight treatment with far more intricate elements adds another touch of Nautilus DNA while looking far more upscale than the rear lighting on the old Corsair. Oh, and you also get three new wheel designs including…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (564+ words) You know what bit of modern slang I really like? The use of the word “coded.” Like when people say something is, “[some noun]-coded” meaning that it has the feel of whatever the reference was. Like I have a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1173+ words) Our universe is a strange and mysterious place. Sometimes it giveth. Sometimes it taketh. And sometimes it does those things in equal measure, but not necessarily in that order. I brought a Japanese taxi to Monterey Car Week this year....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (779+ words) But I’m very wrong. As usual. I haven’t even come close. I was reminded of this reassuring fact of the universe the other day when my friend Jonee sent me this astounding Marketplace ad for a modified 1974 Volkswagen Beetle that…...