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Rubber Is Naturally Pale, So Why Did the Automotive World Make Every Tire Black?

A bright red car, a metallic blue car and a taxi painted the color of a highlighter will normally leave the factory with exactly the same footwear. Black tires. The color seems so inevitable

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Whitewall Tires Started as a Manufacturing Compromise. Then They Became a Status Symbol

Whitewall tires have become visual shorthand for a particular kind of motoring glamour. Put them on a long Cadillac with chrome bumpers, tailfins and enough hood to host a family picnic, and the pi

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Your Brake Rotors Turned Orange Overnight. They Probably Did Not Wear Out Overnight

Wash a car in the evening and look through its wheels the next morning. The brake rotors may have turned bright orange. The change can happen quickly enough to feel impossible. The discs looked cle

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Mitsubishi Triton Savana Sertões Gets Factory Off-Road Gear

The Mitsubishi Triton has kept the same basic generation since 2023, but Brazil keeps finding new ways to dress it up. The latest version takes a different approach. The Triton Savana Sertões f

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Your Front Tires Hop During a Tight Turn, but the Suspension May Be Perfectly Healthy

A slow turn into a parking space should not feel dramatic. The car is barely moving, the steering wheel is wound around and there is little opportunity for anything exciting to happen. Then a front

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Sedans Survive Rain Without Rear Wipers. Their Shape Explains Everything

Follow an SUV down a wet highway and its rear end soon develops a familiar gray coating. The bumper gets dirty. The license plate gets dirty. The rear window looks as though someone misted it with mud

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Your Steering Wheel Shakes at 65 MPH, but an Alignment May Waste Your Money

The car feels perfectly normal around town. At 35 mph, nothing rattles. At 50, there may be the faintest tremor. Reach highway speed and the steering wheel begins a steady dance between the driver&rsq

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Your Car Looks Clean but Feels Like Sandpaper. The Dirt Has Bonded to the Paint

The car has been washed, rinsed, and dried. From a few steps away, the paint looks spotless. Run a hand across the hood, however, and the surface tells a different story. Instead of feeling slick, it

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The M2 CS Is Here, So Why Is BMW Still Testing Another One?

The M2 CS has already been revealed, which makes BMW's latest camouflaged prototype a little confusing. If everyone already knows what the car looks like, what exactly is the company trying to hid

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That White Crust on Your Battery Is Not Dirt, and It Can Eventually Silence the Car

A car battery does not need to be completely dead to leave the car behaving as though it is. Sometimes the battery is charged and perfectly willing to work, but the electricity cannot get past the

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