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Part of why people connect with cars is the feeling when they get behind the wheel. Research from Transport for London found there's real psychology behind our connection to cars. Personalizing a
People who spend time in new cars complain about tech being overwhelming, pointless, or just not useful. Fair enough. But for every useless feature, there's at least one that's genuinely great
America's full of roads with terrifying names. Dead Man's Curve. Tail of the Dragon. Shades of Death Road. Blood Alley. You'd think one of those would be the deadliest 10-mile stretch in t
Drive around for five minutes and you'll see someone on a motorcycle. Weekend rider, daily commuter, doesn't matter. They're out there. But what do you call them? Turns out it's compli
Cars keep changing and not everyone's thrilled about it. Automakers used to build whatever they wanted. Now there are rules for everything. Emissions, noise, safety, design, all of it. The EPA say
Michelin offers an 80,000-mile treadwear warranty on two of its Defender tires, the Defender2 and the Defender T&H MTP. Only applies to replacement tires though, not the ones that came on the car
America does plenty of things right when it comes to cars. Muscle cars? Nobody builds them better. Full-size trucks and SUVs? Same story. But naming car products? Americans get weirdly serious about i
Horse Powertrain says it has developed a new hybrid engine that can deliver up to 71 miles per gallon combined, at least under the European WLTP cycle. The engine, called the H12 Concept, is an evolut
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
Car theft has been around as long as street parking. Before cars, people stole horses. In 18th-century Pennsylvania, horse thieves got branded with the letters H and T on their foreheads after being s
Parking hasn't really changed in over a century. The goal is still the same: don't hit anything. Self-parking technology promised to fix that by taking human error out of the equation. And if
Stuck in traffic, watching someone cut you off for the third time in five minutes, it's pretty easy to assume your state is full of the worst drivers on earth. But some states actually are worse t
Being a NASCAR driver looks glamorous from the outside. Going fast, big crowds, massive sponsorships. But at the end of the day it's still a job, and like any job, the paycheck situation is more c
When it comes to tiny building bricks, Mattel clearly doesn’t want to leave all the fun to Lego. Its Mattel Brick Shop lineup has been growing steadily, and the latest addition to the Hot Wheels
Race car drivers know what they're signing up for. But the people watching from the stands? They're just there for a good time.June 11, 1955 at Le Mans was a bloodbath. A crash killed 83 p
Remember those viral videos about roads that generate electricity while you drive? Roads with glowing LED lights and surfaces that melt snow automatically? That was solar roadways, and back in 2014 it
Those big blue signs near interstate exits showing gas stations, restaurants, and hotels aren't random. Getting a spot on one can seriously boost a business's profits, and states make good mon
That whole "wheels vs. doors" thing that blew up online a while back was hilarious. People got weirdly passionate arguing about which one there's more of. It turned into this massive deb
V8s have two more cylinders than V6s, which means more parts to maintain. Eight spark plugs instead of six. Eight fuel injectors instead of six. More oil at every change. But does that actually add up
Car keys are basically becoming obsolete. Around 2020, automakers started letting people unlock and start their cars with an Apple Watch. Pretty wild when you think about it.How it works depends o
