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
A dashboard without a radio now looks unfinished. Even the most basic car is expected to provide music, news and something to fill the silence when traffic has stopped moving but the clock has not.
The usual history of the rearview mirror is wonderfully neat. Ray Harroun entered the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 with a mirror attached to his Marmon Wasp. He drove alone while his competitors
Turn into a side street, loosen the grip slightly and the steering wheel begins feeding itself back through the hands. The front wheels straighten, the car settles into its lane and the driver rarel
New tires arrive covered in information. Numbers identify their size, load capacity, speed rating and date of manufacture. Then, among all that serious molded lettering, someone appears to have atta
The tires are new, the wheels are back on and the invoice is folded into the glovebox. Before handing over the keys, the technician mentions one final detail: come back after a short period of driving
The tire-pressure warning light is not one of the dashboard’s more mysterious creations. It looks like a sagging tire with an exclamation mark inside, which is a fairly direct way of saying, &ld
One Suzuki XBee, two completely different directions. Japanese tuner Damd has revealed a pair of styling kits for the small crossover, giving buyers the choice between a mini off-roader inspired by th
The current BMW M2 already feels raw in a good way. It is small, rear-wheel drive, and always seems ready to play. For most people, it is more than enough car. But BMW knows some owners are not buying
Car theft has been around as long as street parking. Before cars, people stole horses. In 18th-century Pennsylvania, horse thieves got branded with the letters H and T on their foreheads after being s