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Five Under $5K: The Best Cheap Cars We Found for Sale (Albuquerque Edition)
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Five Under $5K: The Best Cheap Cars We Found for Sale (Seattle Edition)
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The BMW 128i Is a Criminally Underrated Endurance Race Car
By Peter Nelson / Updated Sep 26, 2022
Five Under $5K: The Best Cheap Cars We Found for Sale (San Antonio Edition)
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Ran When Parked: My Van Is Broken, But I’m Still Moving Forward
By Victoria Scott / Updated Sep 22, 2022
Replacing My 2015 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel’s Engine Almost Defeated Me
By Chris Rosales / Updated Sep 20, 2022
I Bought the Honda Civic Type R of My Dreams and I’m Already Planning Mods
By Chris Rosales / Updated Sep 19, 2022
Five Under $5K: The Best Cheap Cars We Found for Sale (Baltimore, MD Edition)
By Kevin Williams / Updated Sep 16, 2022
The Only New Lincoln Sedan on Sale Is Built for China. Here’s Why It’s Significant
By Mark Andrews / Updated Sep 16, 2022
Removing Rear Seats Has More Advantages Than Just Weight Savings
By Peter Nelson / Updated Sep 16, 2022
Subframe Locking Collars Are a Simple Mod That Can Help Almost Any Car
By Chris Rosales / Updated Sep 15, 2022
We Found a Secret Chevy Corvette EV Prototype Made by Motorola in the 1990s
By Kevin Williams / Updated Sep 13, 2022
You Are Witnessing Cadillac’s Redemption Arc
By Peter Holderith / Updated Sep 13, 2022
Five Under $5K: The Best Cheap Cars We Found for Sale (Bay Area Edition)
By Peter Nelson / Updated Sep 9, 2022
Tackling an Oregon Trail in Overland Expo’s Built GMC Sierra AT4X Show Truck
By Derek Powell / Updated Sep 7, 2022
5 Under $5K: The Best Cheap Cars We Found for Sale (Phoenix Edition)
By Tony Markovich / Updated Sep 2, 2022
I Tinkered With My BMW 128i’s Computer Coding and Didn’t Break It
By Peter Nelson / Updated Sep 2, 2022
I’m Building a Driving Game Arcade Rig Around My Old PS2
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Aug 30, 2022
DC Down Under Epilogue: Here’s What Broke With Our Kia EV6’s Brakes
By Lewin Day / Updated Aug 29, 2022
Here Are 5 Cars Under $5,000 Right Now: Raleigh, NC
By Kevin Williams / Updated Aug 26, 2022
1969 Dodge Charger Project Chronicles: Updated Steering and Outdated Induction
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Aug 24, 2022
DC Down Under Dispatch #5: Why We Pulled the Plug Just Before the Finish Line
By Lewin Day / Updated Aug 23, 2022
How Track Days Affect Your Car’s Maintenance Schedule
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 23, 2022
DC Down Under Dispatch #4: Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong From Here, Right?
By James Gilboy / Updated Aug 22, 2022
Here’s How Ultra-Rich Car Enthusiasts Mod and Option Cars: Tales From the Quail 2022
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Aug 20, 2022
DC Down Under Dispatch #3: Pushing EV Range to the Limit—and Beyond
By James Gilboy / Updated Aug 19, 2022
Here Are 5 Cars Under $5,000 Right Now: Atlanta
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 18, 2022
DC Down Under Dispatch #2: Catching a Charge at the Loneliest Rest Stop in Australia
By Lewin Day / Updated Aug 18, 2022
Fast Times and Million-Dollar Fines: Inside the EPA’s Messy War on Dirty Diesel Trucks
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Aug 18, 2022
DC Down Under Dispatch #1: Into the Unknown With the Kia EV6
By Lewin Day / Updated Aug 17, 2022
Here’s How Engineers Are Achieving Lightness in the Heavyweight EV Era
By Lawrence Ulrich / Updated Aug 16, 2022
DC Down Under: We Made It Across Australia, but the Kia EV6 Did Not
By Kyle Cheromcha / Updated Aug 12, 2022
Here Are 5 Cars Under $5,000 Right Now: Des Moines, Iowa
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 11, 2022
A Minor BMW 128i Setup Adjustment Helped Earn Me a Podium Spot
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 11, 2022
Here Are 5 Cars Under $5,000 Right Now: Los Angeles, CA
By Chris Rosales / Updated Aug 11, 2022
Mini Can Still Take the States. But Where Does It Go in an SUV World?
By Mike Spinelli / Updated Aug 10, 2022
A Steering Wheel Spacer Transformed My BMW 128i’s Driving Experience
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 9, 2022
Approaching 100,000 Miles in My 2002 Mercedes C32 AMG Has Me Feeling Enlightened
By Kristen Lee / Updated Aug 9, 2022
DC Down Under: Why Crossing Australia’s Nullarbor Plain in an EV Is No Easy Task
By James Gilboy / Updated Aug 9, 2022
Racing Time Is Still Family Time Thanks to a Father’s Custom RC Kart for His Son
By Aaron Cole / Updated Aug 8, 2022
Here’s How My BMW 128i Performed on the Dyno With an Intake and Exhaust
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 4, 2022
We Found the Full List of All 677,081 Cars Killed in Cash for Clunkers
By James Gilboy / Updated Aug 4, 2022
What I Learned Visiting One of Six VinFast Dealers in America
By Kevin Williams / Updated Aug 3, 2022
These Are the Weirdest, Coolest, and Most Fun Cars Killed in Cash for Clunkers
By James Gilboy / Updated Aug 3, 2022
I’m Avoiding the Used Car Market by Reviving a 166K-Mile Saturn Vue
By Tony Markovich / Updated Aug 3, 2022
Why Camber Bolts Are the Ultimate Cheap Handling Mod
By Chris Rosales / Updated Aug 2, 2022
The Rush of Drug Smuggling Was Just Like the Thrill of Racing
By Randy Lanier / Updated Aug 2, 2022
A Screw in the Zero FX’s Tire Showed Me How the Electric Bike Could Be Better
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Aug 1, 2022
The Drive-In: Come Chat Jewelry Heists, AMC, and Audi A4s Pretending to Be R8s
By Kristen Lee / Updated Jul 29, 2022
This Ambitious Space Shuttle Concept Was a Post-Apollo Pipe Dream We Never Got
By Peter Holderith / Updated Jul 29, 2022
I’ve Discovered Some Questionable Bodywork From Prior Owners on My Opel GT Project
By Tony Markovich / Updated Jul 28, 2022
Performance Cars From the ’80s Are Investments Now. After Driving 4 Icons, I Get Why
By Neil Briscoe / Updated Jul 28, 2022
Picture Perfect: Taking the Best Shot in the Worst Possible Light
By Victoria Scott / Updated Jul 27, 2022
Can 3D Printing Give Us the Future Cars We Really Want?
By Mike Spinelli / Updated Jul 26, 2022