Drum brakes are mostly gone now, though weirdly the Audi Q4 e-tron still rocks them in back for some reason. Took forever to get here. Disc brakes got invented way back in 1902, same year drum brakes
Visit Japan and one thing hits you immediately: vans. Vans absolutely everywhere. The entire country runs on these boxy little things instead of pickup trucks, and the one you'll see most is the T
Back in the 1960s, Kodomonokuni amusement park opened its doors in Yokohama, and Nissan, being a hometown hero, chipped in 100 tiny kei cars for kids. That was the Datsun Baby - a pint-sized vehi
An opera window is that little fixed window you see on the side of older cars, usually sitting in the C-pillar behind the rear door. It's small, often oval or rectangular, and it doesn't open.
Nobody at Chevrolet actually named it the Stovebolt. When the inline six-cylinder showed up in 1929, gearheads took one look at those slotted bolts holding the pushrod covers and oil pan together and
Remember when 100,000 miles felt like the end of the road? Not anymore. These days, most well-maintained cars — especially the good ones like Toyota, Honda, or Lexus — can easily hit 200,0
There was a time when gasoline wasn’t just bad for the planet — it was literally messing with people’s brains. Back in 1923, the very first gallon of leaded gasoline was sold in Dayt
V12 engines are already ridiculous. Huge. Expensive. Overcomplicated. Most brands avoid them entirely. Now add a manual transmission and you’re basically talking about something that shouldn&rsq
Back in 2008, Hurst decided to celebrate its 50th birthday properly. It teamed up with Dodge and built a tiny run of special Vipers. Just 50 cars in total. Now, two of those cars are heading t
In the early days of Formula 1, the cars were basically long metal tubes with the engine stuffed way out front. That’s just how racing worked. Nobody questioned it. It was familiar, it was wh