Lewin Day

We gearheads love our manual transmissions. We’re a minority, though, and as trends have changed, the stick shifts we love are increasingly hard to come by. As it turns out, less than 1 in 100 new vehicles come with three pedals in the US—and it has been that way for some time. The sad news […]

How The EPA Decides What Is A Car And What Is A Truck

Cadillac is joining F1 for the 2026 season. It took a lot of corporate wrangling and the loss of the Andretti name, but the entry was approved. With two new open seats on the grid, we’ve seen rampant speculation as to who will fill those precious spots. A media storm has floated Daniel Ricciardo as […]

Truck nuts are a pretty basic concept. Someone figured it would be fun and affordable to sell molded plastic testicles to hang from your tow hitch. The joke was funny for about three seconds, the creator presumably made bank, and the world moved on. Only, now there’s a new kind of truck nuts on the […]

Every track car or off-road build eventually reaches a critical juncture. You have to make the call—is this thing staying road-legal, or will I commit to trailering it around in the future? That decision might be easier in said future, thanks to U-Haul’s new enthusiast-focused trailer offering. Meet the Toy Hauler. It’s a new, larger […]

If you’re regularly hauling your ass around the golf course or the local retirement community, you’ve probably got a golf cart. Many rely on primitive electric drivetrains with lead-acid batteries, while others rely on gasoline. But what if you combined both to build a weird hybrid? Jimbo, the man behind the Robot Cantina YouTube channel, […]

There are many and varied driving skills one can pick up. There’s the ability to nail a park first time, the ability to rescue a slide, or the ability to actually get in the right lane well before your highway exit comes up.  My question is this—what weird driving skill have you picked up? I […]

The LA Auto Show is a cornucopia of new product announcements, and the latest automaker we’ve heard from is Stellantis. As covered by Automotive News, the hot news is that Jeep will be bringing a new hybrid to market in 2025. Jeep CEO Antonio Filosa confirmed the new model, stating the utility vehicle would serve […]

When you think of Nissan, you probably think of unpopular trucks, or the troubled Z car. That’s a real shame, because the company has actually tried very hard to become a leader and innovator in the electric vehicle space. Public opinion saw that crown go to Tesla, and the momentum is now with Chinese automakers. […]

Track days are a rite of passage for us gearheads. You get to take your own special car out on track and give it the beans, learning what it’s truly capable of. The smart ones tread carefully at first, probing the limits and driving well within themselves while they’re still new to track driving. The […]