Starting a modern car requires so little effort that the action barely registers. Turn a key, press a button or let the vehicle recognize that its driver has climbed aboard. A second later, the engine
Park a 1940s Jeep beside a Chevrolet sedan, an early Volkswagen Beetle and a British roadster, then look closely at their headlights. The surrounding bodies could hardly be more different. The glass c
Every passenger knows the type of driver. Conversation begins, the accelerator relaxes and the car gradually slows. The driver starts speaking, enthusiasm builds and the speed rises again. Nothing dan
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
While Washington and Beijing rarely see eye to eye, Chinese car buyers have long been remarkably unified in their affection for one American brand. That brand is Buick which last year delivered 436,72
Some cars are best left as prototypes. Maybe the design's too wild for production or the tech's so experimental it wouldn't work in everyday use. Doesn't mean they can't be fascina
Regular people collect baseball cards, stamps, comic books. Gets pricey sometimes but mostly just hobbies for people with a little cash to spare. Celebrities making millions? They go big. Lots of famo
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.
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&
Ever watch a movie and get completely distracted by a car that just doesn't fit? Yeah, that sucks. But sometimes shows nail their vehicle choices so perfectly that the cars become characters thems