In 2016 the median income in the U.S was around the $48,000 mark. It’s already a well known fact that in the U.S the Ford F-150 is the biggest selling vehicle in the U.S, but what may surprise you is
Category: Longer Reads
Long form articles on the automotive and car world

Be a Cool Dad. Drive A Minivan.
Kyle laughs at all the people who call minivan drivers “soccer moms” while sitting behind the wheel of their Ford Explorers, Hyundai Santa Fes, and Dodge Journeys.

P71 Is The Correct Code
So, Mr Chris Pollitt decided that his first piece on this sort of vaguely-but-not-very esteemed site would be to throw down a three grand challenge to me where he came up with an obscure French minivan no one has ever

3 – It’s the magic number
Hello, Chris here. With a wild and varied idea of my own. An idea I’ve not told Ian about yet. But Ian is in California, so he’s asleep as I type. So basically, I can get away with anything. Mwah,

Rose Tinted Glasses And The BMW M1
Their was a time when the M1 wasn’t very well liked and viewed as a bit of a disaster best forgotten about. Only 453 production M1s were actually built and hence its rarity and current value. The Giugiaro designed

I’m Tired Of Hearing “Save The Manuals”.
I wonder if someone that learned to drive with a Model T ever wrote to a motoring publication with the view: “Three pedals and one lever is way to easy. I like to feel the man and machine connection by
An ode to the Prius
Many years ago back in the UK there was a late night music show I watched religiously. It was concentrating on the alternative music scene and of my favourite bands at the time was a band called Gomez. During the

The joy of actual “No Fucks Given” motoring.
My BMW has been in the shop for a while, so in the meantime I’ve been planning the next work on it. It’s an older BMW so I’m in the old German car project cycle. Money gets saved, plans get

The Corvette Z06 Is Not A Supercar
Let’s get this out of the way. The Corvette Z06 is a fantastic sports car. It’s put America properly on the map as a place that can build a high end sports car and dominate that space. It’s a car
I For One Will Welcome Our Inline Six Overlord.
The V8 is in decline. It’s rare already in some countries but here in the U.S you can still find one relatively easily on a showroom floor. However the reality is the twin pronged attack of government meddling by way