Are You An Uber Driver? Send Us Your Flat Surge Fare Screenshots

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been hearing from an increasing number of Uber drivers that changes to the surge price model have impacted their take-home pay. In particular, my article about prompted many drivers to write in with their frustrations, saying that not only are they unable to...

Nov 21, 2024

The All-Electric Honda E Comes in Five Delightful Colors

Honda’s new city car, the , is a few things: fully electric, absolutely adorable, and, , not currently destined for America. But buyers in areas of Europe can now reserve the E in one of five colors, and Honda’s bold choices didn’t fizzle out when it came to deciding...

Nov 21, 2024

It Was Only a Matter of Time

Once, in the before times, you could go on , find your vintage car at a not-insane markup, buy it and get it home. But buyers have been pumping in more and more money and, well, things have changed. I guess to match the lofty new prices its listings...

Nov 21, 2024

Dyno Test Reveals The 2020 Toyota Supra Has a Lot More Power Than Expected

It’s fairly well known that modern BMW engines than is advertised. And—I don’t know if you’ve heard this or not—the uses a BMW engine and chassis tuned by Toyota engineers. So when I drove the new Supra a few weeks ago, I figured it could be underrated too, since...

Nov 21, 2024

Help Us Spot the Incredible Cars in This Kansas Junkyard

While driving my through rural Kansas on my way back to Michigan from Utah, I wound up in heaven without even having to crash my Jeep into a giant rusty fireball. That’s because heaven was right off of U.S. 24 near the small, roughly 5,000 person city of Colby,...

Nov 21, 2024

Comment of the Day: Old German Cars Will Ruin You

Today my boss Patrick George wrote about the disaster that was in New York City. In the story, he suggested that we come up with a name for aesthetically nice used cars full of “secret problems,” and one reader proposed a great answer. Take it away, MP81: Yes, used...

Nov 21, 2024

Sneaky Train Attacks Unsuspecting Police Car

A Midland County, Texas Sheriff’s deputy vehicle was hit by a speeding train Tuesday. The large several thousand ton vehicle that follows a unique set of bespoke tracks came out of nowhere and assaulted the SUV. The deputy was alone in the vehicle at the time of the crash,...

Nov 21, 2024

This Aston Martin Has Most Excellent Wheels

It has been far too long since an OEM took a risk on the design of its wheels. There are only a handful of differently stylized wheels on the market today, most unfortunately featuring some variety of twist design—please pardon me while I attempt to keep my lunch down....

Nov 21, 2024

The Renault Megane RS Trophy-R Just Beat Up The Civic Type R and Stole Its Nürburgring Crown

I don’t put much stock in Nürburgring lap times, or any lap times for that matter, as they relate to how good a performance car actually is to own. That being said, a new front-wheel-drive record-setting time of 7:40.100 means it can go really fast and corner really hard....

Nov 21, 2024

Kanye West — 'Never Let Me Down'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. Kanye before Kanye was so good. ...

Nov 21, 2024

Actually Ford Needs More Layoffs Despite Surging Truck Profits, Wall Street Analyst Says

A Wall Street analyst says Ford needs more cuts despite making billions off F-Series truck sales, Daimler’s Zetsche says auf wiedersehen, and Michigan gives a big tax break to Jeep for its Detroit plant and more for of Wednesday, May 22, 2019. globally in a move that’s said to...

Nov 21, 2024

BMW Is Somehow Doing Two More 500 Horsepower SUVs

The 2020 and were just a warning shot, the first wave of an onslaught of 500 horsepower super SUVs we may not be prepared for. And there’s two more now, with the 2020 M50i and M50i. More power, more SUVs, more large Bimmer people-movers on the way. We’ve reached...

Nov 21, 2024

Toyota Will Soon Offer New Parts for the MKIII and MKIV Supra

If you have a third- or fourth-generation , you shouldn’t feel left out by all this “new Supra” talk. You certainly aren’t forgotten, least of all by Toyota. Jealous that the new Supra will have years and years of OEM parts to choose from? Not a worry, your time...

Nov 21, 2024

U.S. Buyers Still Overwhelmingly Choose a Manual for the Subaru BRZ and WRX

It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that still has decent manual sales in a market where carmakers can’t give a third pedal away, given that its buyers are often either outdoorsy dog people or street hoons. But manual take rates in the and , at least in the...

Nov 21, 2024

The Best Japanese Car Show of the Early Internet Is On Amazon Prime

It’s informative. It’s entertaining. It’s an introduction to how cars work, how they should be driven, and how weird they can be. It’s not Top Gear or The Grand Tour; it’s Best Motoring’s Hot-Version and it’s on Amazon Prime. That’s more of the show than we’ve seen before, too, as...

Nov 21, 2024