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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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Others
Your Headlights Perform a Little Bow at Startup. They May Be Checking Their Own Aim

Start certain cars in front of a garage wall and the headlights put on a brief performance. The beams drop, rise and settle. Some sweep sideways too, giving the impression that the car has opened i

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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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One Stripe of Fog Refuses to Leave Your Rear Window. The Fix May Be Almost Invisible

The rear defroster has been running for several minutes. Most of the glass is clear, traffic behind the car has returned to recognizable shapes, yet one narrow stripe of fog remains stretched across t

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Your Seat Belt Works Everywhere Except the Steep Driveway. Gravity May Be the Reason

A seat belt can work perfectly all week, then refuse to move on the one morning when the car happens to be parked nose-down on a steep driveway. Pull gently and nothing happens. Give it a firmer tu

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Concept
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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Bentley Torcal Will Have The World's First 100% Merino Wool Car Interior

Bentley has found a way to make an electric SUV sound surprisingly cozy. The upcoming Torcal will bring something you won’t find in any other production car: a cabin trimmed in 100% Merino woo

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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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Tuning
Someone Spent $163,000 Modifying a Cullinan, Then Couldn't Sell It

What happens when you spend more than $160,000 customizing a Rolls-Royce, only to discover that the next buyer doesn’t care about your upgrades? One nearly-new Cullinan just offered a pretty goo

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