Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikLook At This Proposal For An Updated Beetle From 1968It's kind of like a taller Porsche 356, maybe with a little Citroën DS snuck in?ByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 27, 2021Comments (34)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikThere's One Peculiar Detail About Anti-Gravity Vehicles That Sci-Fi Always Leaves OutThe way anti-gravity vehicles are shown in movies and other media leaves out a very messy and I think unavoidable…ByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 20, 2021Comments (152)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikFinland's Tax Laws Gave Birth To A Surprising Number Of Camaro TrucksSometimes draconian tax laws are all you need to make weird cars existByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 18, 2021Comments (92)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikDaimler-Benz Is Claiming To Have Invented The Truck But They Didn'tDaimler sure likes to make the claim of inventing the automobile and trucks, even though the evidence does not…ByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 18, 2021Comments (56)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikHere's Why The 2021 Corvette Has A Warning Light For Diesel Glow Plugs On Its DashGM gave me an explanation why it's there but it just brought up more questionsByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 11, 2021Comments (207)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikA Famous French Film Director Once Shot A Bunch Of Gag VW Beetle Ads In AfricaThis is really a wonderful artifact of Volkswagen Beetles, '70s life in Niger, and a pioneer of French New WaveByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 10, 2021Comments (10)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikWhy The Hell Did Americans Buy So Many Oldsmobile CutlassesWhy the Oldsmobile Cutlass was the best-selling car in America from 1976-1983 is a big mystery to meByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 10, 2021Comments (327)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikGhost Cars: The First-Gen Honda PreludeIt's a new series about cars that were once everywhere, but are now all but gone. Like ghosts.ByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 6, 2021Comments (139)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikFun Time Waster: See If You Can Figure Out What Cars These Generic Cars Are Based OnInsurance companies love these generic 3D car models, but why should they have all the fun?ByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 5, 2021Comments (51)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikMeet The Å koda Sports Car Most Famous For Running On BloodI mean, in a movie, it didn't actually run on blood, at least not as far as I knowByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 5, 2021Comments (29)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikDo Flies Survive When They Fly Out Your Car Window At Highway Speeds?It's something we've all done, but I'm not sure I've ever been certain of the consequences for the flyByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 3, 2021Comments (128)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikThis Beach-Buried Wrecked Car Is Defying Identification And It's Driving Me BonkersThis thing is so familiar and yet so hard to pin down. Why? What is this dark magic?ByJason TorchinskyPublishedAugust 2, 2021Comments (93)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikLet's Talk About The Design Element Shared By El Caminos, Dodge Darts, And The Ferrari 308GTSIs there anything better than a really unlikely group of cars that share a unique design element?ByJason TorchinskyPublishedJuly 30, 2021Comments (43)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikI Bet You Can't Identify Every Volkswagen SUV On Sale NowI bet you can't because it's a bewildering array of cars that look almost the same with similar-sounding namesByJason TorchinskyPublishedJuly 30, 2021Comments (107)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikIs Mainstream Car Development Stagnating? Let's Figure It OutUsing decade-by-decade comparisons of the Toyota Corolla we can track big-picture progressByJason TorchinskyPublishedJuly 29, 2021Comments (113)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikSomeone Made An Absurdly Tiny Working Wooden V8 EngineWell, not working working, but the pistons move and it's pretty astoundingByJason TorchinskyPublishedJuly 26, 2021Comments (29)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikOne Of The Strangest Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Ever Found Would Make A Great Car Wheel DesignIf you were wondering what 5,000 year-old object would look good on your Saab, I may have an answerByJason TorchinskyPublishedJuly 23, 2021Comments (30)
Car CultureTorchlopnikNow playing Car CultureTorchlopnikStress-Testing The Changli: Canoe And Piñata TestCan the Changli carry a canoe? Is it piñata-proof? Let's find out!PublishedJuly 23, 2021Comments (24)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikNissan Once Built A Stereo Just For Your AssNissan called this option for the 300ZX the "Bodysonic Amplifier" but it really was speakers for your buttByJason TorchinskyPublishedJuly 21, 2021Comments (43)
Car CultureTorchlopnikCar CultureTorchlopnikThese Are The Five Automotive Innovations The Normies Actually NeedI've been watching the car-normies and I think I know what they actually want.ByJason TorchinskyPublishedJuly 21, 2021Comments (192)