Some sports cars just earn their place in history. Maybe they broke a record, brought new tech, or looked so good people couldn't stop staring. The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL did all three. Those gul
The Takata airbag crisis remains one of the biggest safety failures in automotive history. It started with a Honda recall back in 2008 and has since snowballed into more than 67 million recalled airba
As of 2025, you can't buy a new car with a factory CD player. Subaru redesigned the Outback and ditched it. Lexus updated the IS, killed off the RC, and that was it. The last holdouts are gone.
Window louvers are those slats you see covering the rear glass on classic muscle cars. They look aggressive as hell, but unlike hood scoops that actually feed air to the engine, louvers don't add
Back in the 1960s, Kodomonokuni amusement park opened its doors in Yokohama, and Nissan, being a hometown hero, chipped in 100 tiny kei cars for kids. That was the Datsun Baby - a pint-sized vehi
An opera window is that little fixed window you see on the side of older cars, usually sitting in the C-pillar behind the rear door. It's small, often oval or rectangular, and it doesn't open.
Modern tires feel pretty routine now, but they’ve gone through a long, weird evolution. Back in the 1800s, wheels were literally wood and metal until rubber finally became practical thanks to Ch
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&
Cars have been part of American life for more than 100 years — and along the way, the auto world has cranked out some genuinely cool eras… and some truly awful ideas. For every ‘60s
Back in the early 2000s, Kia rolled out something so odd, it practically screamed, “Hey, look at me!” The KCD-1 “Slice” wasn’t just another boxy prototype. Nope. This thi