Quickly fading are the days when we were free to dream of cranking a lever connected to cables that would squeeze the…

If you’ve ever looked at floor-mounted automatic transmission shift levers, with either disdain or genuine gratitude,…

I recently strolled through a junkyard with my friend Taylor when he asked: “What are these flaps on the rear corners…

I just changed the oil in my Nissan Pao last week, and in doing so I was warned—several times—that my plan to replace…

You’re a gearhead. You know to chuckle knowingly and condescendingly when some dumbass refers to the “V4" in their…

Surely you knows you’re supposed to follow posted speed limits, but do you know how they’re set in the first place?

A lot of street driving novices might try to justify swerving like a maniac all over the road in some sort of effort to…

Almost every EV in production today has one thing in common—lithium ion batteries, from the Tesla Model 3 to the Nissan…

You’ve heard the term compression ratio before, but have you ever wondered exactly what it means? Well, it’s time to…

I’ve been thinking about tubes. Specifically, the weird black tubes that you often find stretched across a roadway.…

Do you know what an “interference engine” is? While I know a great many of our regular readers do, there’s no shame if…

You, a human being who we imagine likes to drive cars, are probably aware of the signs posted that state exactly how…

For years, carmakers have been in the habit of putting some of the technical innovations they’re proud of on the back…

I don’t know if you have noticed this but I certainly did when I first moved to Southern California: People insist on…

I never really planned it this way, but despite being a proud American, I’ve been driving on a sort of regular basis…

The market, like nature, finds a way. Despite their ancient design, Volkswagen Beetles were famously still made in…

I know what you’re thinking. What is this dummy trying to accomplish here? Of course, I know about stop signs. But…

If you were to take the collective nuclear anxiety of the world during the height of the Cold War and somehow…

Sometimes it’s tempting to try to eke out as many miles from your tank of gas as possible. But you shouldn’t do it.…

I’m sure anyone who’s ever jump-started a car, replaced a car battery, or built a small 12V DIY nipple-torture device…