Start-stop has always been one of those features that splits drivers down the middle. You roll up to a red light, the engine shuts off, and just as you’re about to move again, it kicks back on.
Car keys are basically becoming obsolete. Around 2020, automakers started letting people unlock and start their cars with an Apple Watch. Pretty wild when you think about it. How it works depends o
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.
Apple CarPlay is basically a dealbreaker for most people shopping for a new car these days. You plug in your iPhone, and boom - your apps are right there on the car's screen. No fussing with terri
Cars are getting heavier every year, and there's no sign of it stopping. The EPA has been tracking this since the early '80s, and new vehicles just keep adding more weight. Electric batteries,
SUVs are everywhere in the U.S. right now. Walk through any parking lot and it’s wall-to-wall crossovers. And the numbers back it up: nearly 60% of new vehicles sold in America are SUVs or c
Car theft is down compared to last year, but it’s still very much a thing. In the first half of 2025 alone, more than 330,000 vehicles were reported stolen across the U.S. That’s fewer tha
BYD is becoming a global leader in electric cars, and this could happen as early as 2025. The Asian brand is likely to pass Tesla, the company that has dominated this sector in recent years. The of
Flat tire, long day, nowhere near home—that’s when most drivers discover what kind of spare their car actually has. For a lot of modern cars in the U.S., that means the skinny little &ldqu