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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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Your New Battery Did Not Break the Window. It May Have Made the Glass Forget Where to Stop

The old battery has been replaced, the engine starts with renewed enthusiasm and the dashboard clock has been corrected. Then the driver’s window develops amnesia. It still moves when the swi

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Your Car’s Hood Has Two Latches Because One Failure Could Blind You at Highway Speed

Opening a car’s hood is oddly ceremonial. First comes the lever beneath the dashboard, usually hidden low enough to require an undignified search around the driver’s footwell. The hood

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Your Car Looks Clean but Feels Like Sandpaper. The Dirt Has Bonded to the Paint

The car has been washed, rinsed, and dried. From a few steps away, the paint looks spotless. Run a hand across the hood, however, and the surface tells a different story. Instead of feeling slick, it

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Your Car’s Outside-Temperature Display May Be Wrong for a Surprisingly Clever Reason

A car left in the afternoon sun does not need long to turn into a small greenhouse. The steering wheel becomes unpleasant to touch, the seats feel freshly ironed and the dashboard claims it is 104 deg

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Your Window Reaches the Top, Then Drops Again. It May Be Protecting Fingers That Are Not There

The window glides upward, touches the top of the frame and immediately retreats several inches. Try it again and the same thing happens. Up, nearly closed, then back down. It has the comic timing of a

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Your EV Can Be Fully Charged and Still Be Defeated by Its Smallest Battery

An electric car is sitting in the driveway with 200 miles of range showing in the app. The large battery beneath the floor contains enough energy to move two tons of metal across an entire county.

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America’s Most Stolen Cars Are Still Shockingly Easy To Steal

Car thefts are finally dropping in America. Which sounds great until you realize the same handful of cars are still basically getting hunted like it’s open season. Here’s the w

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EPA Report: Honda Leads U.S. Fuel Economy as Toyota Gains Fast

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its 2025 Automotive Trends Report and Honda took the top spot as the nation's most fuel-efficient automaker, not including all-electric b

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BMW Is Rethinking Headrests With A New Neck Support System

BMW might have finally admitted what a lot of drivers already know. Our necks take a beating, especially after long drives or one too many hours hunched over a screen. A newly spotted BMW patent revea

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