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Everyone Says Pop-Up Headlights Were Banned, but That Is Not What Actually Happened

Few automotive features can make a parked car look as alive as pop-up headlights. Turn the switch and two neat sections of bodywork rise from the hood, pause with theatrical precision and reveal the l

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A Fatal Hand-Crank Accident Helped Change the Way Every Car Starts

Starting a modern car requires so little effort that the action barely registers. Turn a key, press a button or let the vehicle recognize that its driver has climbed aboard. A second later, the engine

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One Rule Forced American Car Designers to Reuse the Same Headlights for Over 40 Years

Park a 1940s Jeep beside a Chevrolet sedan, an early Volkswagen Beetle and a British roadster, then look closely at their headlights. The surrounding bodies could hardly be more different. The glass c

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Your Headlights Perform a Little Bow at Startup. They May Be Checking Their Own Aim

Start certain cars in front of a garage wall and the headlights put on a brief performance. The beams drop, rise and settle. Some sweep sideways too, giving the impression that the car has opened i

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Volkswagen Tukan Could Be The Fiat Strada's Newest Rival

What happens when Volkswagen turns one of its small SUVs into a pickup? South America gets the Tukan, a new compact truck designed and built in Brazil. It replaces the aging Saveiro and goes after pop

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Can-Am Defender Prerunner Is A Six-Wheeled Beast For The Desert

Can-Am just let its designers have a little fun, and the result is two off-road concepts that look ready for a completely different kind of adventure. One carries six wheels and enough equipment to su

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Your Headlights Dip and Rise at Startup Because They Are Quietly Checking Themselves

Park some cars facing a garage door at night and start the engine. Before the wheels have moved an inch, the headlights perform a small piece of theater. The beams dip toward the ground, rise again

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Those Aren’t Taillights: The Strange Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Detail Explained

There’s something almost funny about the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series. It has survived for more than four decades, crossed countless borders, and built a reputation for going almost anywhere. Y

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The Glow-in-the-Dark Handle in Your Trunk Exists Because Something Went Terribly Wrong

There are plenty of things inside a trunk that nobody pays much attention to. A jack that has never left its plastic tray. A spare wheel that may or may not contain air. A collection of reusable shopp

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Only One Reverse Light Works, but the Red Lamp Beside It Is Not Broken

Select Reverse, walk behind the car and one white lamp comes on. The other stays dark. The rear light clusters look symmetrical. Both contain clear and red sections. Surely one bulb has fail

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