Plug-in hybrids always sound like the sensible answer when you first hear the pitch. You get some electric driving for the short stuff. You still have a gas engine for road trips. No full commi
There's real money to be saved by doing your own car maintenance. Oil changes, air filters, wiper blades, bulbs — these are legitimately easy, and the savings are real. A cabin air filter th
A minivan recall never sounds dramatic at first. It sounds like paperwork. A letter in the mail. A service appointment to squeeze in between school pickup, groceries, work, and the 47 other t
You're doing 62 mph. Not 58. Not 70. Sixty-two. And that's when the steering wheel starts twitching. Maybe it's subtle at first. Just enough movement that you wonder if yo
At some point, almost everybody driving an automatic transmission has glanced down at the gear selector and thought: “Okay, I know P, R, N, D... but what exactly is L supposed to be?”
A couple years ago, it honestly felt like gas cars were being sent to the retirement home. Every commercial was about EVs. Every automaker had a giant electrification plan. Politicians were thr
There is a very specific kind of panic that happens when your car makes a noise you have never heard before. You turn the radio down. You lean forward like that helps. You ask the car, out loud, &l
Nobody really thinks of a car as a computer until it starts acting like one. It unlocks from an app. It gets updates while parked. It remembers routes, phones, settings, payments, sometimes even wh
Subaru has rolled out the WRX STI Sport# in Japan, and it feels like a bit of a throwback in the best way. It showed up earlier at the Tokyo Auto Salon, but now it’s real, and limited to 600 car
Fuel economy usually does not get worse all at once. It sneaks up on people. The tank that used to last comfortably through the week suddenly needs filling sooner, then sooner again, and before long i