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Everyone Says Pop-Up Headlights Were Banned, but That Is Not What Actually Happened

Few automotive features can make a parked car look as alive as pop-up headlights. Turn the switch and two neat sections of bodywork rise from the hood, pause with theatrical precision and reveal the l

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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 5 Quickest Cars of the 1970s Were Fast Enough to Be Frightening

Speed has become ridiculously easy to buy. A modern electric crossover can pin its passengers to the seats while carrying three children, a week’s shopping and a suspicious amount of sports equi

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That Spaceship Sound From an Electric Car Is Not the Motor. It Was Put There on Purpose

Electric cars have developed a sound of their own. Not the familiar chug of an engine or the rising growl of an exhaust, but a smooth, slightly eerie hum that seems better suited to a spacecraft glidi

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Those Aren’t Taillights: The Strange Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Detail Explained

There’s something almost funny about the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series. It has survived for more than four decades, crossed countless borders, and built a reputation for going almost anywhere. Y

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That Tiny Hole in Your Muffler May Be There on Purpose

Finding a hole in the exhaust usually leads to one conclusion: the muffler is rusting away and the bank account is about to become involved. That conclusion is often correct. Exhaust systems live a

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Only One Reverse Light Works, but the Red Lamp Beside It Is Not Broken

Select Reverse, walk behind the car and one white lamp comes on. The other stays dark. The rear light clusters look symmetrical. Both contain clear and red sections. Surely one bulb has fail

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Why Is “Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear” Printed on Only One Mirror?

It may be the most famous sentence ever permanently printed on a car. “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” The wording has turned up in films, songs and countless jokes, but it

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Your Speedometer Says 70, but GPS Says 67. Which One Is Lying?

Set the cruise control to 70 mph and glance at the navigation screen. It may insist the car is traveling at 67. Increase the cruise setting to 71. GPS grudgingly moves to 68. The two displays can sp

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Aston Martin Just Built a Military SUV, But You Can't Drive It on the Road

Aston Martin has ventured into an unexpected new arena, not with another road car, but with a military-inspired SUV built exclusively for a video game. Called the Dreadnought, the armored concept was

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