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Your 1980s Sports Car May Stop Counting at 85 MPH. The Government Told It To

Open the door of an American-market performance car from the early 1980s and something may appear terribly wrong. There is the dramatic driving position, a powerful engine and perhaps a body design

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The Dodge Viper’s V10 Is Back, Hiding Inside A British Gullwing Coupe

The Dodge Viper disappeared in 2017, taking its enormous V10 with it. Or so we thought. Nearly a decade later, that same Chrysler-sourced engine is back in production, only this time it’s sittin

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The Car Was Wrecked, but the Airbags Never Opened. Does That Mean They Failed?

A car can leave a collision with a crushed bumper, broken lights and a hood folded into an expensive-looking shape, yet every airbag remains neatly hidden. From outside, that makes little sense. Th

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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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Why the Car in Front Blinks Red and Yours Blinks Amber

Watch the back of two cars at the same intersection and you might notice something odd. The first car hits the brakes, then one of its red brake lights starts flashing. The second car does the

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The Spare Tire Quietly Disappeared From New Cars, and Many Drivers Haven’t Noticed

Here is a mildly alarming experiment: open the trunk of your car and lift the floor. There may be a spare tire under there. There may also be a little black compressor, a bottle of sealant, and a

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Porsche Killed One of the Best Sports Cars It Ever Made, and the Reason Still Hurts

The Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman are gone, and that still feels wrong. Not “the market moved on” wrong. Not “well, it had a good run” wrong. More like Porsche had one of

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A “Clean” Used Car Can Still Ruin Your Life, and VIN Tracing Is How You Find That Out Before It Does

A used car can look completely fine and still be lying to you. That is the uncomfortable truth behind a lot of “great deals.” The paint shines. The interior smells normal enough. The s

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One Wrong Box in a Used-Car Listing Can Cost You Real Money, and Sellers Get It Wrong More Than You Think

Used-car listings make everything sound cleaner than it really is. The trim is right there. The features are listed. The price looks more or less in line with the other cars you have been watching

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An EV Road Trip Can Go Great. It Can Also Go Sideways Faster Than a Gas-Car Driver Expects

A long road trip in a gas car is mostly about endurance.nA long road trip in an EV is about logistics. That is the real difference, and it is a bigger one than a lot of people realize until the

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