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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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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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Cars Survived Nearly a Century Without Cup Holders. Then America Refused to Drive Thirsty

The automobile conquered continents, crossed deserts and survived two world wars before anyone decided it desperately needed a secure place for a paper cup. For much of automotive history, drivers

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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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Your Tires Gained Pressure on the Highway. Do Not Let the Air Back Out Yet

The tires were set perfectly that morning. Then, after a long stretch of highway, the pressure display shows every one of them sitting several pounds higher. Out comes the gauge. Sure enough, the d

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Americans Say They Want Interesting Cars. Then They Keep Buying White, Black, and Gray

Every year, car buyers get asked to imagine themselves as bold, expressive people. People who care about design. People who say things like, “No, I don’t want the boring one.”

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This Tacoma Thinks It’s a Classic Land Cruiser

For some Toyota fans, modern pickups do everything right except the styling. The Renoca Windansea fixes that by wrapping a Tacoma in the unmistakable design cues of a classic 60-series Land Cruiser.&n

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AWD, 4WD, FWD: The Drivetrain Badge On Your Car May Not Mean What You Think

A lot of drivers know the badge on the back of their car. AWD. 4WD. Maybe nothing at all, which usually means front-wheel drive and a salesperson who did not have much to brag about. But

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Everyone Complains About Blinding Headlights Now. Turns Out, They Have A Point

There is a very specific kind of rage that only happens at night. A driver is heading home, minding their own business, and then some enormous pickup appears in the rearview mirror. Not even

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