Raphael Orlove

6/21/21

I Adore This Mix-And-Match Ford Mustang Drift Car

It's an '80s classic Fox Body with a 2010s engine and a 1990s transmission.

6/21/21

Subarus Might Become Hard To Come By

Plants making Subarus for the U.S. market are getting idled thanks to the chip shortage.

6/17/21

Here's The Basket-Case Nissan 240SX $1,000 Buys You These Days

Here's $1,000 of rusty Nissan S13, $5,000 of SR20, and who knows how much of a hospital bill for hantavirus.

6/16/21

GM To Bump EV Spending Up To $35 Billion

That's a big increase for the company that gave us the EV1, S-10 Electric, and the Bolts.

6/15/21

What It Looks Like To Drive Through The Fukushima Exclusion Zone

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster hit Japan in 2011. It still shows

6/14/21

Shopping For A Used Car On Facebook Marketplace? So Is Your Local Dealership

If you're shopping used, you're competing with your local car dealerships

6/10/21

Rally Driver Mad

Citroën WRC2 driver Mads Østberg got fined €1,000 he cussed so much

6/9/21

Shout Out To The Person Who Restored This Tiny Polish Fiat 126p

It might not be Barrett-Jackson's idea of a car worthy of a full restoration, but I love it all the same.

6/9/21

There's A Big Problem Buying A Used EV

Proposed rules would give consumers access to battery life info, but not before 2026.

6/7/21

Reminder: GM Is Killing It In Low-Cost EVs

GM made just the right car, at just the right price, with just enough range, in just the right place, at just the…

6/4/21

I Guess We Stopped Wearing Our Seatbelts Last Year

The government just put out a full report on traffic fatalities in 2020, and the big news is that fatalities spiked…

6/3/21

How Not To Set A Bead On A Tire

The internet is awash with people using a spritz or two of brake cleaner or starter fluid to bang set a bead on a…

6/2/21

Battery Swap Stations Are Gaining Momentum In China

The simplest and most genius-brain solution to charging times and range with EVs isn’t one you’ll find in America.…

6/1/21

Every Day Rich People Could Buy Aston Martin DB9s And Choose Not To

Every day we are presented with new evidence that it is not possible to purchase an Aston Martin DB9. There are the…

6/1/21

Did You Own An Ford Ranger EV, The Original Electric Ford Pickup?

My view of electric cars is skewed, in large part because of where I grew up. In my little college town of Davis,…

5/27/21

The Aston Martin Victor Is The Most Incredible Car Ever Made From Spare Parts

With an 836-horsepower V12, a six-speed manual transmission, and an ultramodern all-carbon chassis clothed in a…

5/26/21

There's Something About The Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron is a lot of things. It’s a 250 mph top speed. It’s a thousand-horsepower engine. It’s a…

5/26/21

This Is What Dodge Vipers Are For

What is a Dodge Viper? Is it an idea — a reinvented Shelby Cobra, an American TVR, a spectacle in horsepower too…

5/26/21

Tesla Is Making A Big Change To Its Driver-Assistance Tech

I don’t know how much we should ever believe anything Tesla says until it’s staring us in the face, but the company…

The Morning Shift

Ford Is Talking Like The Anti-Tesla

This is to say that Ford is exceedingly lame about EVs. Boring. Normal. In contrast to Tesla, as well as VW and GM,…

Raphael Orlove's posts

I Adore This Mix-And-Match Ford Mustang Drift Car

Subarus Might Become Hard To Come By

Here's The Basket-Case Nissan 240SX $1,000 Buys You These Days

GM To Bump EV Spending Up To $35 Billion

What It Looks Like To Drive Through The Fukushima Exclusion Zone

Shopping For A Used Car On Facebook Marketplace? So Is Your Local Dealership

Rally Driver Mad

Shout Out To The Person Who Restored This Tiny Polish Fiat 126p

There's A Big Problem Buying A Used EV

Reminder: GM Is Killing It In Low-Cost EVs

I Guess We Stopped Wearing Our Seatbelts Last Year

How Not To Set A Bead On A Tire

Battery Swap Stations Are Gaining Momentum In China

Every Day Rich People Could Buy Aston Martin DB9s And Choose Not To

Did You Own An Ford Ranger EV, The Original Electric Ford Pickup?

The Aston Martin Victor Is The Most Incredible Car Ever Made From Spare Parts

There's Something About The Bugatti Veyron

This Is What Dodge Vipers Are For

Tesla Is Making A Big Change To Its Driver-Assistance Tech

Ford Is Talking Like The Anti-Tesla