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Cars Survived Nearly a Century Without Cup Holders. Then America Refused to Drive Thirsty

The automobile conquered continents, crossed deserts and survived two world wars before anyone decided it desperately needed a secure place for a paper cup. For much of automotive history, drivers

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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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Chevy Turned a Colorado and Bolt Into Pixar Cars Characters And They Look Surprisingly Good

What happens when Chevrolet turns two everyday models into characters from Pixar’s Cars? That is exactly what GM brought to D23, where a 2026 Colorado became Ramone and the 2027 Bolt took on the

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This Chinese Corvette Replica Costs $150,000 And All 199 Have Sold

The FullGood Motor SS Dolphin sounds like a strange combination of words and ideas. A Chinese company, a BYD platform, a plug-in hybrid, and the unmistakable shape of a 1950s Chevrolet Corvette. Someh

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Fuzzy Dice Used to Mean You Had a Bit of a Death Wish. Now They’re Mostly Just Nostalgia

There was a time when fuzzy dice actually meant something. Now they mostly mean the person driving either likes old-school car culture, enjoys ironic throwback accessories, or found them online for

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The Ford Deuce Coupe Gave Rock Music One of Its Most Famous Misheard Lyrics

Some misheard lyrics just become part of civilization. Nobody even argues about them anymore. They just live there forever, lodged in pop culture, passed from one generation to the next like a

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Buick Is More Popular in China Than America and Here’s Why

While Washington and Beijing rarely see eye to eye, Chinese car buyers have long been remarkably unified in their affection for one American brand. That brand is Buick which last year delivered 436,72

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How Disc Brakes Took Over, and Why the ’65 Corvette Led the Charge

Drum brakes are mostly gone now, though weirdly the Audi Q4 e-tron still rocks them in back for some reason. Took forever to get here. Disc brakes got invented way back in 1902, same year drum brakes

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The Surprising History of Power Windows: From 1941 Packard Hydraulics to Modern Electric Systems

Power windows feel so normal today that it’s easy to forget cars once made everyone work for it — literally — with hand cranks. But the idea of raising your window with a button isn&

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The GAZ M-72: The Soviet Crossover That Predates All Others

Everyone's got their favorite story about which car "invented" the crossover. Some people swear by the AMC Eagle, others point to the Jeep Cherokee or Subaru Outback. Turns out they'

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