A new car speaking to its driver no longer feels remarkable. Navigation systems issue directions, safety assistants complain about lane markings and voice controls wait patiently for somebody to remem
A bright red car, a metallic blue car and a taxi painted the color of a highlighter will normally leave the factory with exactly the same footwear. Black tires. The color seems so inevitable
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
A concrete barrier beside a highway looks like one of the least forgiving objects a car could encounter. It is heavy, rigid and often positioned only a few feet from traffic moving at serious speed.
Some transmissions are basically automotive cockroaches. Not glamorous. Not exciting. But somehow impossible to kill. Meanwhile, other gearboxes seem to explode emotionally the second yo
Touchscreens keep getting better, but you might wonder if the one in your car, which uses the same tech as tablets and phones, is actually any tougher. If it craps out, replacing it can cost a fortune
Cars are getting heavier every year, and there's no sign of it stopping. The EPA has been tracking this since the early '80s, and new vehicles just keep adding more weight. Electric batteries,
When people shop for a car, the big decisions are easy — size, gas vs. electric, color. And then comes the weirdly stressful one: leather or leatherette? They look almost the same until you
Car design is a weird beast. What looks offbeat (or downright awful) today might be tomorrow’s cult classic. Turns out, a handful of cars once labeled “ugly” are now enjoying a sec
Ever wonder why that 20-year-old Camry with 300,000 miles is still cruising down your street? While other cars end up in junkyards, Toyotas just keep going and going. This isn't just dumb luck &nd