Opening a car’s hood is oddly ceremonial. First comes the lever beneath the dashboard, usually hidden low enough to require an undignified search around the driver’s footwell. The hood
There was a time when replacing a car battery was a reassuringly simple job. Disconnect the old one, wrestle it out of its tray, drop in the new one and tighten the terminals. If the engine started, t
When people see fuel economy numbers change, the first instinct is usually to blame the car. Maybe the engine got worse. Maybe the transmission tuning changed. Maybe the automaker got sloppy. M
There's a number that car salespeople don't bring up, and financial advisors mention mostly to people who already bought the car. The moment you drive a new vehicle off the dealer's lot, i
Fourteen percent. That’s how far Ford’s May sales slid compared with last year. On paper it looks like a red warning light, 190,000 vehicles that never drove off the lot. Social feeds
I still remember the day I fell for the pitch. My hatchback had just come out of a basic wash, and the detailer, towel in hand, grinned like he’d discovered electricity. “If you reall
Here is a number that will probably annoy somebody you know. iPhone and Apple CarPlay users are more than twice as likely as Android users to video chat, scroll Instagram, stream Netflix or Hulu, and
There is a special kind of regret that comes from leaving a car in the sun. It usually starts with confidence. “I’ll only be five minutes.” Fifteen minutes later, th
You fill the tank, glance at the gas price, briefly consider selling all your possessions and moving somewhere walkable, then hit the road... only to notice your MPG suddenly looks terrible. An
When the numbers keep dropping month after month, it stops feeling like a rough patch. That’s where Ford is right now. They entered 2026 already down 8.8 percent after Q1, and April only made