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One Rule Forced American Car Designers to Reuse the Same Headlights for Over 40 Years

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

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The Man Who Invented Cruise Control Could Not See the Road

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

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Your 1980s Sports Car May Stop Counting at 85 MPH. The Government Told It To

Open the door of an American-market performance car from the early 1980s and something may appear terribly wrong. There is the dramatic driving position, a powerful engine and perhaps a body design

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That Blue Thermometer Light Is Asking for Patience, Not a Half-Hour Warm-Up

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

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Geely Says The Galaxy TT Doesn't Need A Huge Battery To Go 450 Miles

A big battery isn't always the answer. Geely believes the smarter approach is building a more efficient electric drivetrain, and that's exactly what it has done with the upcoming Galaxy TT. Th

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Premium Gas Sounds Better, but Your Car May Be Getting Nothing From It

The word “premium” makes the expensive pump handle sound like the healthier choice. Better fuel, cleaner engine, more power. It is an easy assumption to make, especially when regular,

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A Windshield Sunshade Doesn’t Make a Parked Car Cool, But It Absolutely Keeps It From Becoming a Total Nightmare

If you have ever opened your car after it has been sitting in the sun and felt like the heat inside was somehow offended by your return, you already understand why windshield sunshades still exist

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A High-Mileage Used Car Isn’t Always a Bad Bet. Sometimes It’s the Smarter One

A lot of used-car shoppers act like mileage is the whole story. They open a listing, see six digits on the odometer, and mentally move on before they even finish the first photo. Somewhere alon

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BMW Warranty Cover Sounds Reassuring, Until You Look At What It Actually Doesn’t Cover

BMW and reliability have had a weird relationship for a long time. There was a stretch where people talked about older BMWs like they were carved out of granite. The straight-sixes had a reputa

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Still Roasting After You Crank the A/C? You’re Probably Making These Common Cooling Mistakes

It’s a familiar June ritual: fling the door open, slide into a cabin that feels like a pizza oven, spin the temperature knob to Arctic Blast, and floor the fan. Except that routine is the au

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