Volvo’s optional Personal Car Communicator could display the car’s lock and alarm status on its key fob. Equipped vehicles also had a heartbeat sensor that could warn an approaching owner
Audi has been selling cars in the U.S. for years, but every vehicle has come from a factory somewhere else. That could change soon. The German automaker plans to spend around $4 billion on its first A
Honda launched the City and Motocompo together in Japan in 1981. The Motocompo was a small petrol-powered scooter designed to fold down and travel inside the City’s luggage compartment. The two
Peugeot seems to be having another go at the sports coupe, and its new RCZ Vision concept makes a pretty convincing case for it. Revealed at this year’s Paris Motor Show, the electric coupe brin
A collection of more than 90 vehicles is impressive for any garage. In this case, though, federal prosecutors say the money used to build it came from fraud. Clayton Lloyd Iley, a 41-year-old Texas bu
There was a time when a dead battery in a manual car meant looking around for two people willing to help. One took the wheel, the others pushed, and with a little speed and a well-timed release of the
Open the door of a car with frameless side glass and watch the top edge of the window. It may drop a fraction of an inch before the door swings out, then rise again after the door closes. The movement
Open a car door slowly and you may feel it pause partway, then settle again when opened farther. Those pauses are useful when you are climbing out beside another parked car. They also explain why a fa
Before tanks had tracks, someone had to imagine that an engine, armor and heavy weapons might belong on the same vehicle. Frederick Richard Simms did more than imagine it. At the end of the 19th ce
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