Carbage Time

Is the Bugatti Veyron The Best or Most Overrated Car In History?

They've debated it on the site before, and now it's time to bring it to your ears: is the Bugatti Veyron actually the best piece of automotive engineering? Or is it a wor

Zack Klapman Explains Why Woodward Dream Cruise Is More Fun Than Pebble Beach

In today's episode, we chatted with our good friend Zack Klapman about the biggest car shows this country has to offer: Woodward Dream Cruise and Monterey Car Week. The q

Are There Too many Hypercars? Spyker's Victor Muller Explains The Economics Behind Car Week

Spyker founder Victor Muller gives us the ultimate Monterey Car Week preview on the Carbage Time podcast. Are there too many hypercars? Is Pebble Beach worth bringing a c

How Your Favorite Movie And TV Cars Are Chosen, Explained By The Team Behind Widow’s Bay

If you haven't yet watched Apple TV's surprise hit show "Widow's Bay," here's another reason to go for it: it's got some pretty rad cars. So rad that Torch got in touch w

You Shouldn’t Buy A Brand New BMW If They Make You Watch Ads

In case you haven't heard the news, there's a new Spiderman out! What's that have to do with cars? Unfortunately everything, and it's all BMW's fault, thanks to their lov

The CEO Of REO Insists He’s Serious And Will Make Good Cheap Trucks

In today's episode, we sat chatted with Zach De Bernardi of REO: a new car company that's hoping to bring super affordable and highly modular gas trucks to the market. H

Carmakers Were Lying To Us About Manual Transmissions

Carmakers almost had us convinced. They almost did it. They almost made us believe that no one wanted manuals anymore, that DCTs were better, and that rowing your own gea

Here's How I Made A Brand New WWII Jeep Street Legal In 2026 And More BTS Of My Crazy Jeep Build

David has completed his WWII Jeep build using parts purchased on eBay, which was a gargantuan undertaking. What was it really like? How did we get it registered? What did

Emergency Podcast: Is The Slate EV Truck's $24,950 Price Real? Is It Good?

As gearheads, I think we all appreciate the concept of looking under the hood. One of our readers does, too, except he likes looking under the hood of websites. Websites

Ford's Tiny $30,000 EV Pickup Truck Is Totally A REAL Pickup Truck

After David Tracy and Griffin Riley saw Ford's new EV pickup truck testing down in Long Beach, we had a lot of people weigh in with their thoughts about what is and isn't

Drive Modes On Cars Are Stupid, At Least Most Of The Time

It’s time for another episode of Carbage Time, where we here at The Autopian argue about our dumb takes. Because, like all humans, we have opinions about things, specific

The Ferrari Luce Didn’t Stand a CHANCE!

Welcome back to The Autopian Podcast, now the Autopian "Carbage Time Podcast," where we get to discuss our most radioactive takes, and who better to start than our own Ma

Crew Show; The Autopian’s Predictions For 2024

This podcast is brought to by "Torch's heart". He really gave it his all for this one. Join the entire Autopian staff as they round up the final podcast of Season 2: DT,

Torch update, and Subaru tells us all about the new Forester and BRZ

First, Matt and DT talk updates on Torch and his bum heart, then they begin pathetically groveling for membership and a top it off with a preamble to a short but sweet Su

Lucid’s new EV SUV is changing the FRUNKING industry.

The Autopian's are back with special guests on this weeks podcast. Lucid's lead designer, Derek Jenkins, sits for a fireside chat to talk about the new SUV from the luxur

New Tacoma Designers Just Wanted To Make A 'Bad-Ass Adventure Machine'

David was super impressed when he drove the 2024 Toyota Tacoma and we wrote about it, a lot. Right after David took his turn in the Tacoma we had a chance to talk to two

Kia’s Chief Designer Tom Kearns Explains Why Kias Look So Damn Good Now

"Is that a Lamborghini or a Kia?" The 3 musky-peers have a riotous time with one of automotive engineering's "auteurs"... that's German for 'really creative'... Tom Kear

HEAD OF HYUNDAI N EXPLAINS SECRET SAUCE BEHIND THE IONIQ 5 N [LA AUTO SHOW 2023]

Head of Hyundai N / Motorsports Till Wartenburg joins The Autopian at the LA Auto Show 2023, along with special guest Kristen Lee from MotorTrend. We talk about the excit

EV Conversion - Foxbody Mustang - Build Announcement

The fellas round-up their podcast with part 2. Beau announces a big SEMA build - an EV conversion on an 80s Foxbody. David Tracy is involved for better or worse. Torch us

Artificial Intelligence is Aiming for Automotive Journalism - The Autopian Podcast

David talks about his travels to Germany where he stays at a hotel made out of cars. Beau dishes on some sweet European travel, hence cars. And Torch is here... that's im