The garage opened and the smell hit first—old fuel, warm dust, a hint of radiator scale. Forty years on blocks didn’t kill the car. If anything, the pause kept it honest. The shape under the cover is ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

Soon after the Ford Motor Company introduced the Pinto to the public in 1970, the inexpensive subcompact model became one of the most popular cars in the United States. However, by the end of the ...

[This story originally appeared in the Fall 2010 issue of MotorTrend Classic] A big, nasty storm struck the American automotive market in 1959. It washed some 615,131 imported cars ashore, breaching ...

Due to the location of its fuel tank, when involved in a collision, the Pinto was more susceptible to explosions than a typical car. As detailed by MotorTrend, the Pinto’s fuel tank was located ...

The Tesla Cybertruck is about as opinion-splitting as any vehicle of the last half-century. Whether it’s getting vandalized in parking lots, receiving glowing praise from diehard fans, shedding trim ...

A new report has come to a disturbing conclusion for Elon [Roman salute] Musk's Swasticar Cybertruck — the model is far more dangerous than the infamously "explosive" Ford Pintos of the 1970s.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks may look indestructible: hulking blocks of aluminum and steel ...

On New Years morning this year, US Army Master Sergeant Matthew Livelsberger rolled his rental cybertruck up near the front doors of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas. Levelsberger then armed a ...

GM pickup trucks are a dime a dozen, but there’s a very special one making waves on social media. It’s a second-generation Cadillac CTS coupe with a rear end chopped into a truck bed. If you thought ...

A meme created by the politically progressive Facebook page The Other 98% compared the number of fire-related fatalities attributed to the 1970s Ford Pinto with those attributed to modern-day Tesla ...