Objects on the front passenger seat can trigger the seatbelt reminder in some cars. Remove the bag or other belongings and check whether the warning stops. If it continues with the seat genuinely clea
Deer whistles offer a particularly appealing bargain. Attach a small device to the front of the car and, supposedly, the air passing through it will warn animals before you reach them. There is no scr
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
In a conventional car, the relationship between the brake pedal and the brake lights feels reassuringly simple. Press the pedal and the red lamps illuminate. Release it and they go dark. Drivers be
Nothing about the rear of a 1959 Cadillac suggests moderation. Its fins rise above the trunk like extravagant pieces of roadside architecture, edged in chrome and carrying two red taillights shaped li
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
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
Electric cars have made huge power figures almost routine, but Bugatti thinks the most expensive cars will follow a different path. Mate Rimac, the 38-year-old CEO of Bugatti, says wealthy buyers stil
What happens when you spend more than $160,000 customizing a Rolls-Royce, only to discover that the next buyer doesn’t care about your upgrades? One nearly-new Cullinan just offered a pretty goo