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BMW Had a Four-Seat Electric City Car in 1991. So What Happened to It?

The BMW E1 was a purpose-built electric prototype unveiled at the 1991 Frankfurt Motor Show. Designed for urban driving, it combined four-seat accommodation with lightweight construction. It remained

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Old American Cars Could Seat Six Without a Third Row. The Shifter Made It Possible

Open the door of a large American sedan from the 1950s and the front seat looks less like a modern cockpit than a particularly comfortable sofa. There is no center console dividing driver and passe

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Maserati’s Next Electric Vehicles Could Be Part Maserati, Part Huawei, Part JAC

Maserati could be getting some unexpected help from China. Reports say the Italian brand has reached an agreement with Huawei and JAC to develop two new models. The three companies started talking

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Rubber Is Naturally Pale, So Why Did the Automotive World Make Every Tire Black?

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

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The Seatbelt That Chased You Across the Door Was America’s Cheaper Alternative to an Airbag

Open the door of certain 1980s or early 1990s cars and a small buckle begins travelling along the roofline. Sit down, close the door and the shoulder belt glides toward the B-pillar, hopefully passi

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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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One Stripe of Fog Refuses to Leave Your Rear Window. The Fix May Be Almost Invisible

The rear defroster has been running for several minutes. Most of the glass is clear, traffic behind the car has returned to recognizable shapes, yet one narrow stripe of fog remains stretched across t

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These Plug-In Hybrids Were Supposed To Be The Smart Choice. A Few Are Already Dead

Plug-in hybrids always sound like the sensible answer when you first hear the pitch. You get some electric driving for the short stuff. You still have a gas engine for road trips. No full commi

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Dealers Are Practically Paying You to Take a New Car Right Now (If You Know Where to Look)

If you've been waiting for the right moment to buy a new car, you might want to stop waiting. Fresh data from Kelley Blue Book, released this week, shows that new-vehicle prices moderated in Ma

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We Counted Cars on the Highway. Sedans Are Basically Gone.

We drove from Austin to Dallas a few weeks ago, and somewhere around Waco I started paying attention to what was around us on I-35. Trucks. SUVs. Crossovers. More trucks. We kept counting fo

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