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Your Block Heater Could Be Running for Hours Longer Than It Needs To

A block heater often needs only a few hours before you leave. Natural Resources Canada suggests switching it on two hours before starting, while the Ford system discussed below has a three-hour operat

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GM Built Two Different 6.6-Liter V8s — And They’re Not Nearly as Similar as They Sound

GM is doing something you don't see every day: offering two naturally aspirated 6.6-liter V8 engines in its truck lineup. Both have the same displacement and bore-and-stroke dimensions, but they u

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GM’s New V8s Give The Silverado And Sierra A Serious Power Boost

GM is giving its full-size pickups some new muscle for 2027. The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 are getting two new small-block V8s, and both engines bring more power and torque than the

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The Steering Column Once Pointed a Steel Shaft at the Driver. Then Engineers Made It Collapse

Drivers spend hours holding the steering wheel without giving much thought to what lies behind it. Remove the trim, switches and wiring, and the basic arrangement appears simple. A shaft carries th

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Cadillac Borrowed One Detail From a Fighter Plane, and Detroit Turned It Into an Obsession

Nothing about the rear of a 1959 Cadillac suggests moderation. Its fins rise above the trunk like extravagant pieces of roadside architecture, edged in chrome and carrying two red taillights shaped li

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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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Your Car’s Hood Has Two Latches Because One Failure Could Blind You at Highway Speed

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

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White Smoke on a Cold Morning May Be Harmless. After Warm-Up, the Story Changes

A cold engine starts, and a pale cloud rolls out of the exhaust. The sight is particularly dramatic on a winter morning, when the plume hangs behind the car as though the engine has chosen a new caree

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The Motor Oil You Always Buy Might Not Be on the Shelf This Summer. Here's Why.

If you've changed your own oil in the last few weeks, you might have noticed something weird at the auto parts store. The brand you always grab is suddenly out of stock. Or the price jumped five b

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Harley-Davidson Recalls 88,000 Motorcycles Over Small Defect

You probably don’t expect something as simple as removing a dipstick to become dangerous. But that’s exactly why Harley-Davidson is now recalling more than 88,000 motorcycles across the Un

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