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The Classic Jaguar Had a Fuel Cap on Each Side. You Had to Choose a Tank

Most cars ask the driver to remember which side the fuel door is on. An older Jaguar XJ6 offers a more entertaining problem: there is a filler cap on each side, and both of them lead somewhere. The

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Hood Ornaments Started With a Job. Then Cars Turned Them Into Jewelry

Long before carmakers filled dashboards with screens, an important piece of engine information was displayed outside the windshield. Early automobiles often carried their radiator filler caps at

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Those Fake-Wood Station Wagons Were Copying Cars Built by Cabinetmakers

The woodgrain paneling on an old station wagon rarely fools anyone. Even when new, the printed vinyl was not likely to be mistaken for hand-finished mahogany. It was wood in the same way a kitchen

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Automakers Covered Millions of Metal Roofs in Vinyl, and Buyers Happily Paid Extra

Automotive fashion has produced few ideas quite as curious as taking a finished steel roof, covering it in textured plastic and charging the customer extra. For several decades, buyers did exactly tha

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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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Land Rover Is Selling Two Range Rovers Together, and You Can't Buy Just One

Buying a new flagship Range Rover usually means leaving the dealership with one SUV. Land Rover has a different idea. At this year's Monterey Car Week, the company is offering its latest Range Rov

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Why the Car in Front Blinks Red and Yours Blinks Amber

Watch the back of two cars at the same intersection and you might notice something odd. The first car hits the brakes, then one of its red brake lights starts flashing. The second car does the

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These July 4 Car Deals Look Great, But a Few Matter Way More Than the Fireworks

There is a reason car ads suddenly get louder around the Fourth of July. Summer is usually one of those weird in-between stretches for car sales. Spring tax-refund buyers have already made

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This $400,000 Classic Defender Restomod Kept Its Diesel Engine

The modern Land Rover Defender is objectively excellent, but for a lot of people it still doesn’t carry the same character as the old one. That’s exactly why companies keep building heavil

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Ferrari’s First EV Looks Nothing Like A Ferrari And That’s Exactly Why People Are Losing Their Minds

Everyone knew Ferrari would eventually build an EV. The real question was whether it would feel like a Ferrari or just another ultra-fast electric luxury car wearing an expensive badge. Well, the a

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