Volvo’s optional Personal Car Communicator could display the car’s lock and alarm status on its key fob. Equipped vehicles also had a heartbeat sensor that could warn an approaching owner
Hyundai’s Bayon used to be easy to overlook in a parking lot. The new one looks determined to make that impossible. Unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, the redesigned crossover gets chunky bodywor
The ID. Buzz Cargo has always been a van with a bit of personality, but now Volkswagen is giving it something every work van can appreciate: more room. The new long-wheelbase version stretches the loa
In a conventional car, the relationship between the brake pedal and the brake lights feels reassuringly simple. Press the pedal and the red lamps illuminate. Release it and they go dark. Drivers be
An engine can be low on oil and sound perfectly content. It may start normally, idle without complaint and carry the car through the morning commute. The driver sees no smoke, hears no knocking and re
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
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
Walk past a parked car after dark and the cabin can seem completely asleep, apart from one tiny red light pulsing on the dashboard. Blink. Pause. Blink again. Since red dashboard lights usua
Automatic stop-start has a peculiar talent for irritating drivers both when it works and when it does not. At one traffic light, the engine shuts down the moment the car stops. At the next, it keep
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