Few automotive features can make a parked car look as alive as pop-up headlights. Turn the switch and two neat sections of bodywork rise from the hood, pause with theatrical precision and reveal the l
A dashboard without a radio now looks unfinished. Even the most basic car is expected to provide music, news and something to fill the silence when traffic has stopped moving but the clock has not.
The Subaru BRAT had a cargo bed, a tailgate and the general proportions of a very small pickup truck. American versions also arrived with two plastic seats bolted into the bed, facing backward and exp
The old battery has been replaced, the engine starts with renewed enthusiasm and the dashboard clock has been corrected. Then the driver’s window develops amnesia. It still moves when the swi
An electric car is sitting in the driveway with 200 miles of range showing in the app. The large battery beneath the floor contains enough energy to move two tons of metal across an entire county.
There was a time when changing the temperature in a car took half a second. You reached down, turned a knob, and somehow civilization survived. Now, in some cars, the same job feels like openin
Nobody really thinks of a car as a computer until it starts acting like one. It unlocks from an app. It gets updates while parked. It remembers routes, phones, settings, payments, sometimes even wh
It started with a story that was hard to shake. A child died after being caught in the power seat mechanism of a Hyundai Palisade. The seat kept folding and sliding without properly sensing contact
America's built some incredible cars over the years, but let's be honest - not everything that rolled off the assembly line was a winner. Some were downright terrible. Car enthusiasts were ask
Remember being told not to stare into a laser pointer because it'll permanently screw up your eyes? Turns out lasers can mess up other stuff too. If your car's got a lidar sensor on it, it cou