The ‘Buy American’ and ‘Buy European’ Pitch Is Getting Harder to Believe When the Platforms Keep Coming From China
Two stories crossed the wire at roughly the same moment this week, and read together...
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Cybertruck or F-150 Lightning: Which Electric Truck Actually Fits Your Life in 2026?
The Tesla Cybertruck and Ford F-150 Lightning represent two fundamentally different visions of what an...
Ford Maverick or Hyundai Santa Cruz: Which Compact Pickup Actually Fits You in 2026?
The Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz both reinvented what a compact pickup could be,...
F-150 or Silverado: Which Full-Size Truck Actually Deserves Your Money in 2026?
The Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado 1500 remain the titans of the full-size truck world,...
Tacoma or Colorado: Which Mid-Size Truck Actually Holds Up Better in 2026?
The Toyota Tacoma and Chevrolet Colorado remain two of the most popular mid-size pickups in...
Bronco vs Wrangler: The Real Difference Isn’t Capability, It’s Which Compromises You Can Live With
Ask a die-hard off-roader whether the Ford Bronco or Jeep Wrangler is the better SUV...
This Week’s Wildest Car Stories: A $25K EV Reality Check and a NASCAR Champion Winning a Lottery From Beyond the Grave
It was a genuinely strange week across the auto world, spanning a reality check on...
A Dead NASCAR Champion Just Won Maine’s Moose Lottery and Honestly That Tracks
Some news stories are strange enough to stop you mid-scroll, and Maine’s latest moose permit...
Dead NASCAR Champion Wins Maine Moose Lottery Weeks After His Death
In a story that sounds too strange to be real, a deceased NASCAR champion was...
Introducing the Automotive Physics Lab: Six Free Calculators That Decode Your Car’s Performance
Spec sheets are full of numbers, but numbers alone don’t tell you how a car...
Cops Keep Using License Plate Readers to Stalk Their Crushes, and It Keeps Happening
That little black camera bolted to a pole at the end of your street was...
Were COVID-Era Cars Actually Built Worse? The Data Finally Answers It
For years now, the same warning has rattled around dealership lots, repair bays, enthusiast forums,...
The Sub-$25,000 New Car Has Nearly Vanished. Here’s the Math Behind It.
There was a time, not that long ago, when a first-time buyer with a modest...
Bugatti’s Latest Creation Has No Engine, Just a Giant Folding TV
Bugatti has spent decades convincing us its hypercars are rolling sculpture. Now it’s built one...
The Sub-$25,000 New Car Didn’t Just Decline. It Went Extinct.
There used to be a kind of car that didn’t ask much of you. No...