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
On a cold morning, the dashboard can produce a blue thermometer symbol that looks far more alarming than the engine sounds. The car starts normally. No steam rises from beneath the hood. Nothing sm
Automatic stop-start has a peculiar talent for irritating drivers both when it works and when it does not. At one traffic light, the engine shuts down the moment the car stops. At the next, it keep
The extra button at the fuel pump has a way of making regular gasoline seem slightly irresponsible. It is sitting there with a higher number, a higher price, and the word “premium” printed
Here is a mildly alarming experiment: open the trunk of your car and lift the floor. There may be a spare tire under there. There may also be a little black compressor, a bottle of sealant, and a
A used hybrid can be a really smart buy. That is the good news. The other news is that people sometimes shop for one the same way they shop for any regular used car, and that is where thin
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
Fourteen percent. That’s how far Ford’s May sales slid compared with last year. On paper it looks like a red warning light, 190,000 vehicles that never drove off the lot. Social feeds
For a few years there, the future looked pretty settled. Every glossy car commercial had the same mood. Silent roads. Blue charging lights. A handsome crossover gliding past a wind farm. The
Memorial Day 2026 gas prices just rewrote the holiday record book, and not in a good way. The national average hit $4.56 a gallon over the weekend, which is the most expensive Memorial Day at the pump