Lewin Day

Automakers use concept cars for a lot of different reasons. Sometimes it’s just to espouse some high-minded ideas about things like sustainability, recycled materials, or the very art of the automobile itself. Other times, they’re used as previews of an automaker’s upcoming new design language, or a new model in the pipeline. The lurid, intoxicating […]

Car enthusiasts, particularly those that dabble in keeping older, more experienced vehicles alive, all know that feeling. You’re out on the highway, and you smell something oily, or maybe you smell raw fuel. You’re trying to figure out whether or not that’s coming from your little project, or someone else’s. But what if your car stopped […]

Ah, Mercedes-AMG. The performance arm of the German automaker, that has, in recent years, forgotten how many doors a coupe is supposed to have. Blessed be thy car gods, that’s not the case with its latest effort. Yes, the Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 4MATIC Coupe rocks two doors and a mighty inline-six. The inline-six is having […]

The State of Georgia isn’t proving to be a great friend of the car enthusiast of late. Various states have turned against the humble Kei car in recent years, with Georgia among them. It’s been quite active on the matter, with the Department of Revenue in Georgia issuing bulletins to remind staffers that Kei vehicles […]

Alt headline: Making Air Travel More Hygenic With “Flights From Hell” A few weeks ago, I found myself the victim of flights from hell. My first flight was cancelled, leaving me driving…

Active aero has long been a controversial topic in the automotive world. Once the hottest new thing in motorsport, it was quickly banned in most top-flite series for safety reasons and to avoid a costly arms race. It then trickled down to the techiest road-going vehicles, and today, just about every hypercar has some kind […]

The Toyota Prius was the first hybrid to market when it went on sale in 1997 (though the Honda Insight beat it to market in the U.S.) and the main model line has spawned five generations of cleaner, more efficient vehicles. As you might imagine, that leaves thousands of older Prius models driving around with […]

The Suzuki Jimny is a highly desirable thing, perhaps all the moreso because it’s forbidden fruit for so many of us. It’s a capable off-roader with a proper 4WD drivetrain and a rugged, no-nonsense design. Its compact dimensions are offset by its tough, pumped wheel arches, which give it the general stance and demeanor of […]

On the internet, it’s the weird and unusual that gets clicks. Nobody cares about a Chevy Malibu getting a tint job or a labrador playing fetch. Nobody’s tuning in unless it’s a cocaine-addled German Shepherd power-sliding a pink Bugatti while simultaneously firing an MP5 at enemy aircraft overhead. It’s this lust for the extreme that […]

Electric transportation is the way of the future, so we’re told, and it’s not just limited to road-going EVs. E-scooters, or zipdingos, as the Australians call them, are becoming increasingly popular, too. It’s a crowded market, and everybody’s getting in on the action, from budget Chinese manufacturers to fancy European design houses. The engineering heads […]