A used car with gleaming paint, freshly shampooed carpets, and half a dozen pine-scented air fresheners may look beautifully prepared for sale. Or it may be trying much too hard. Flood-damaged
At the tire shop, the choice seems too obvious to question. The front tires on a front-wheel-drive car handle the steering, put the power down, and do most of the braking. They usually wear out first.
A tire can look almost offensively healthy for its age. The tread grooves are deep. There are no nails in sight. The sidewalls still turn glossy after a wash, and the car has covered so few miles th
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
A car can sit unused for several days without concern. Stretch that pause into several weeks, however, and the first signs of neglect may begin to appear. The battery loses charge, the tires remai
The word “premium” makes the expensive pump handle sound like the healthier choice. Better fuel, cleaner engine, more power. It is an easy assumption to make, especially when regular,
The Audi Sport Quattro is coming back, just nowhere near an Audi factory. Homologation Specials Reimagined, or HSR, has revealed the Type 859, a carbon-bodied restomod that takes the famous rally shap
A Fiat Topolino in America sounds like something brought home from a European vacation, but Fiat is officially selling the tiny EV here. Prices start at $13,995 before destination, though calling it a
The Prius C disappeared from American showrooms years ago, but its Japanese cousin is still alive and getting sportier. Toyota has added a GR Sport trim to the facelifted Aqua lineup. Toyota gives
A car that has been sitting in the sun does not feel “warm.” It feels angry. You open the door and get hit with that thick wall of heat that makes the steering wheel untouchable, th