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Hood Ornaments Started With a Job. Then Cars Turned Them Into Jewelry

Long before carmakers filled dashboards with screens, an important piece of engine information was displayed outside the windshield. Early automobiles often carried their radiator filler caps at

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Old American Cars Could Seat Six Without a Third Row. The Shifter Made It Possible

Open the door of a large American sedan from the 1950s and the front seat looks less like a modern cockpit than a particularly comfortable sofa. There is no center console dividing driver and passe

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Cars Had Ashtrays Everywhere Before They Found a Sensible Place for Coffee

A classic car could provide a cigarette lighter within easy reach of the driver, another for the front passenger and sometimes individual ashtrays for the people in the back. Yet bring a cup of coffee

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Automakers Covered Millions of Metal Roofs in Vinyl, and Buyers Happily Paid Extra

Automotive fashion has produced few ideas quite as curious as taking a finished steel roof, covering it in textured plastic and charging the customer extra. For several decades, buyers did exactly tha

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That Concrete Highway Wall Has a Surprisingly Clever Way of Redirecting a Crashing Car

A concrete barrier beside a highway looks like one of the least forgiving objects a car could encounter. It is heavy, rigid and often positioned only a few feet from traffic moving at serious speed.

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The 5 Quickest Cars of the 1970s Were Fast Enough to Be Frightening

Speed has become ridiculously easy to buy. A modern electric crossover can pin its passengers to the seats while carrying three children, a week’s shopping and a suspicious amount of sports equi

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Jaguar’s Former Design Boss Just Said What the Type 00 Is Missing

Not sure anyone outside of Jaguar really knows what's going on at the brand right now. Not even entirely sure if anyone inside knows. But if there's anyone who can shed some light on what'

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BMW Goldfisch V16: The Wild E32 7 Series Prototype and the Rarest V16 Cars Ever Built

Some cars are best left as prototypes. Maybe the design's too wild for production or the tech's so experimental it wouldn't work in everyday use. Doesn't mean they can't be fascina

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Lexus IS May Transform Into A 500 HP Electric Sports Sedan

The Lexus IS is not fading away just yet. For 2026, Lexus actually gave it a meaningful refresh instead of letting it quietly age out. The updates are mostly visual, with a cleaner spindle grille and

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What Opera Windows Are and Why 1970s Cars Loved Them

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.

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