Europe has played a major role in the history of the automobile. European cars, were, in fact, the first modern cars, thanks to Karl Benz and the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen. Throughout the 20th century, cars made in Europe were THE GOLD STANDARD for engineering excellence. Whether it be the …
Yesterday, Toyota, as of the time of writing, announced a special edition of their perennially popular 4Runner off-road SUV. With retro, 1980s inspired graphics, bronze-colored wheels, and 3 new color choices, this run of 40th Anniversary special edition cars for the 2023 model year is being made to celebrate 40 …
Sky high used car prices and the shortage of cars are proving to be immensely problematic for America as a whole. If you want a deep dive on that particular issue, check out my last video. The basic problem, at the end of the day, is that there aren’t enough …
Ever since last year, if you are living in the U.S, you may have noticed a few things. Nearly empty dealer lots, higher prices for used cars in general, large markup on the few remaining new cars at dealerships. But all have their roots in the same issue: there simply …
Currently, electric cars are heavily promoted as THE THING that will save us all from the impending apocalyptic hellscape that is 2°C or more of global warming, and that if you want to do your part to save the world, you should ditch your gasoline car and buy one. However, …
In my last post, I talked extensively about how electric cars still aren’t quite there yet as a replacement for the conventional internal combustion engine. This is because, even if electric cars appear to offer benefits over gasoline and diesel powered cars on surface, that isn’t the whole story. Even …
While I was writing a previous article, Four Types of Cars Not to Buy, I almost included a section on why you shouldn’t buy an electric car, but I didn’t. Not because I think they are a good idea, but because explaining why turned into an article in of itself. …
While I was writing another article that I recently put up, I realized something: no matter the popularity, there will always be cars not to buy because they just don’t make sense. This can be a class of vehicle I will only very occasionally recommend, it could be a certain …
The U.S. is famous for being the land of the automobile. From Henry Ford’s mass production of the Model T introducing the world to the affordable car, to the historic allure of a 1950s road trip on Route 66, and the flamboyant and powerful sex appeal of 1960s muscle cars, …
New York and Pennsylvania have, in recent weeks, been sending notices to owners of kei trucks and other imported cars that their registrations are being cancelled, despite those cars having been legally imported and registered according to those states requirements. As the owner of an imported car living in the …
