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The BMW i8 is currently BMW’s most exciting model. It looks strikingly close to its concept, which is remarkable…

Have you ever driven down a straight road and noticed that the car in front of you appeared to be driving sideways,…

You may think this is all just an excuse for me to play video games when I’m supposed to be “at work” You’d be…

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a string of new vintage cars built from unused old stock. There was a bunch of…

This is one of the most common shared experiences in all of automobilia: You’re outside a car, trying to get in. The…

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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