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A Fight Over European Chicken Created the Subaru BRAT’s Strangest Feature

The Subaru BRAT had a cargo bed, a tailgate and the general proportions of a very small pickup truck. American versions also arrived with two plastic seats bolted into the bed, facing backward and exp

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Your 1980s Sports Car May Stop Counting at 85 MPH. The Government Told It To

Open the door of an American-market performance car from the early 1980s and something may appear terribly wrong. There is the dramatic driving position, a powerful engine and perhaps a body design

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Before Every Car Got a Third Brake Light, 343 San Francisco Taxis Had to Prove It Worked

A third brake light is remarkably easy to ignore. It sits in the rear window or above the tailgate, performs one job and receives considerably less attention than the lamps surrounding it. That ano

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The Government Just Took a Real Step Toward Cars With No Driver, No Brake Pedal, and No Pretending Otherwise

For most of car history, one assumption sat underneath everything. There would be a driver. Not just in the vague philosophical sense. Physically. Literally. A person in a seat, looking forward

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5 Companies Keeping Dead Classic Cars Alive After Automakers Gave Up On Them

Every classic car fantasy starts the same way. Somebody finds “the right project.” It is rough, but not too rough. Mostly complete. Needs work, sure, but they can see it already: pa

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This Used-Car Scam Is Still Everywhere, and It Can Cost You Thousands

A used car with low miles can feel like a win before you even leave the lot. The price makes sense. The odometer looks reassuring. The seller keeps repeating how clean it is. Everything about the deal

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Car Finance for New Drivers: Credit Scores, PCP vs HP, Deposits, Guarantors, and Hidden Costs

Just passed your test or need a better car? Buying one is stupid expensive so financing might help you spread the cost instead of dropping it all at once. Getting car finance feels overwhelming whe

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How Disc Brakes Took Over, and Why the ’65 Corvette Led the Charge

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

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Why Window Louvers Were Everywhere on Muscle Cars and Why They Disappeared

Window louvers are those slats you see covering the rear glass on classic muscle cars. They look aggressive as hell, but unlike hood scoops that actually feed air to the engine, louvers don't add

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Kenworth’s Cab Beside Engine Was the Weirdest Semi Truck Ever Built

Back in the 1950s, trucking companies were obsessed with squeezing every last pound of cargo into their loads. Strict length and weight laws made it tough to turn a profit, so everyone was looking for

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