The year 1965 was one of the most momentous in American history, seeing historic strides in civil rights, politics, culture, and innovation. The Selma to Montgomery marches on the nation’s capital led the push for voting rights for the African Americans, while President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act to protect those rights. […]
Continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) have been used throughout the automotive spectrum from small economy and hybrid cars to slow and sporty. Even though we’ve been using old CVT technology for quite some time, you can see what it looks like when this transmission technology is modernized, along with travel good balance of fuel economy, living […]
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) provide the promise of both electric-only driving and the flexibility of gasoline engines for longer distance travel. However, their increasingly complicated design presents a number of significant reliability problems. Unlike traditional cars, plug-in hybrids combine the high-voltage batteries with a combustion engine, electric motor, charging system, and complex controls software […]
Since it first arrived in 1989, the Land Rover Discovery’s appeal has been as a rugged, spacious family wagon that could do (almost) everything. But in its current fifth-generation form, the Discovery has struggled to keep pace with a rapidly-expanding Land Rover line-up, and Defender’s success has come at its expense in terms of sales […]
High-performance sports cars always seem to be priced just outside your reach when they hit the showrooms, but depreciation can make them a relative bargain. Cars from the likes of Aston Martin, McLaren, Jaguar, Audi, Maserati, and many others can depreciate substantially, allowing enthusiasts who won’t settle for just any old thing to get into […]
American car culture has always taken a different approach to building powerful cars. While carmakers from around the world explored their own visions, American manufacturers adopted a style emphasizing brute strength, aggressive looks, and an attainable kind of speed. From grassroots racers to iconic showrooms, Detroit built a memorable tradition that forever altered the way […]
Fast cars, the fastest boats, the fastest planes this is the work of high performance engineers. From hypercars on the road to jet-powered land vehicles and planes, these extraordinary machines demonstrate how powerful propulsion systems, combined with optimum aerodynamic performance and careful control, can produce extraordinary designs. All the components of the vehicle, from the […]
Manual transmissions have all but vanished from the modern automotive landscape, but gearshifting enthusiasts aren’t quite ready to abandon the traditional clutch pedal. While automatic gearboxes reign supreme in the age of more convenient and fuel-efficient vehicles, carmakers are still developing ways to keep the manual transmission around in a handful of performance models. Readily […]
Stellantis has issued a major safety recall on 456,287 Ram trucks and Jeep SUVs after discovering a fault with the Trailer Brake & Towing Control module. Registered on 2 February 2026 and numbered 26V059, the defect can cause trailer turn signals and stop lamps to malfunction and stop working. If a trailer brake system is […]
$700 Million Man Shohei Ohtani’s memorable feat -taking headlines and creating headlines Shohei Ohtani the Baseball’s $700 Million Man and Cars with the NFL winning the bye week and leading into the playoff weekends, the eyes are focused on the races and the big games. But the focus does not always have to be on […]
