Car theft has been around as long as street parking. Before cars, people stole horses. In 18th-century Pennsylvania, horse thieves got branded with the letters H and T on their foreheads after being s
BMW's going through some changes right now. The electric era is here, hybrids are everywhere, and Munich's trying to pull off this massive shift in both design and tech at the same time. They&
Muscle cars had their moment from about 1964 to 1970. Pontiac dropped the GTO in '64 and suddenly everyone was shoving massive V8s into whatever would fit. Pretty straightforward idea: big engine,
When Subaru released the new WRX without a real STI, fans felt it right away. That S210 concept got everyone’s hopes up last year, but the buzz didn’t last long. Without a stick shift or a
Manual transmissions are almost extinct in new cars — less than 1% of 2024 models came with a stick. And yet, for the few still holding the clutch, it’s more than just nostalgia. Driving s
Switching from a stick to an automatic feels like a luxury — until the old habits from manual driving start sneaking back in. Automatics are easier to live with, but they’re also pickier a
A sticky gear shifter is one of those problems that instantly makes a driver imagine the worst. But before assuming the transmission is dying a dramatic (and expensive) death, there are plenty of comm
For decades, the parking brake was as simple as it gets: a metal lever (or a floor pedal) yanking on a pair of cables to keep the rear wheels locked in place. It didn’t matter if the car was a s
Nobody really thinks about transmissions until something goes wrong. You just get in, hit drive, and go. But there's some seriously weird stuff happening in there that most people have no clue abo
Got tired of dealing with a clutch and made the switch to automatic? Smart move. No more burning out clutches at red lights or rolling backwards on hills while some jerk honks behind you. But here'