The First Car With Power Windows Is Older Than You Might Think
Power windows go back many decades, to an era of innovation that preceded electrical operation. Instead, they worked by way of complex hydraulics.
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Why Did Car Tires Switch From Inner Tubes To A Tubeless Design?
Older car tires used to use inner tubes for their tires, but tubeless designs have reigned supreme in the modern era. Here's why the switch was made.
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Chrysler's Slant-6 Was An Oddly Tilted Engine That Refused To Die
Chrysler created the Slant-Six all the way back in 1960. Despite its odd design, it lasted for a long time, and it even inspired the design of a concept car.
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Ayrton Senna's Secret IndyCar Test With Penske Was Closer To Greatness Than Anyone Realized
Formula 1 champ Senna had lots of reasons to give IndyCar racing a whirl at the end of the 1992 season. The results spark questions about what might have been.
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GM Nearly Shut Down The Corvette Program, And Ford May Have Accidentally Saved It
With all the hoopla that surrounds the Chevy Corvette these days, it's hard to remember the days seven decades ago when it was an endangered species.
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North America's First Tire Factory Didn't Make Car Tires At First
BFGoodrich made history by creating North America's first tire factory in Akron, Ohio. However, it originally didn't manufacture car tires at all.
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5 Of The Largest 4-Cylinder Engines Ever Made (Ranked By Displacement)
Four-cylinder engines are usually kept small to minimize vibrations. But the size and power of the five largest four-cylinders are tough to beat.
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Ford 428 Vs. Pontiac 428: Here's How The Engines Compare
The Pontiac and Ford 428 cubic-inch engines ruled the late '60s and early '70s, but they also share a dirty little secret you need to know about.
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5 Old School Car Accessories No One Uses Anymore
From minibar gloveboxes to record players, cars came with accessories that show automakers were once bold, creative, and only mildly concerned with safety.
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Pan Am Tried A Rooftop Airport Hub In NYC, And The Result Was A Fatal Mistake
Everyone was optimistic about new ideas in aviation and city life in the 1970s — until Pan Am's rooftop experiment collapsed in a dramatic fashion.
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Why Chrysler's Secret Ball-Stud Hemi Never Stood A Chance
In the late 1960s, Chrysler created the Ball-Stud Hemi as a leaner alternative to its heavy big-blocks, but it arrived at the wrong place and wrong time.
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5 Concept Pontiacs That Never Made It To Production
There are many Pontiac concepts out there, but there are five models worth mentioning in particular, even though they never made it to production.
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Volkswagen Restored Azul, The Blue 1977 Bus That Miraculously Survived The Palisades Fire
It stands as a tale of hope, passion, and automotive enthusiasm, the kind of story that us car nerds can't get enough of.
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Why Metric And Imperial Horsepower Are Different
Metric horsepower is different from imperial horsepower, which can be pretty confusing. Here's why those numbers don’t line up as neatly as you’d expect.
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Why Modern Engines Still Measure Power Output In Horsepower
Have you ever wondered why we still measure an engine's output in horsepower? It all started as clever marketing, but the term never went away.
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Here's What That Boomerang On The Back Of Old School Limos Was For
Many old school limousines had a boomerang attached to their back. While it's certainly stylistic, that strangely-shaped addition wasn't just for aesthetics.
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The Iron Duke: GM's Unkillable Engine That Never Got The Respect It Deserved
General Motors' four-cylinder Iron Duke drew on the proven engineering and lasted more than a decade. But it was shadowed by disastrous use in one model.
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Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder Was Built On The Chassis Of An Obscure British Three-Wheeled Car
In a galaxy far, far away -- no, scratch that. The real story starts in 1970s England, where a weird little three-wheeler went intergalactic.
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Before Windshield Wipers, Driving In The Rain Was Chaos
It seems like windshield wipers have been around forever, but they weren't standard for decades. Meanwhile, drivers had inventive ways to fight the rain.
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Henry Ford Had To Design A Special Watch Because Detroit Ran On Its Own Time
When Standard Time came around, Detroiters took one look at it and said "absolutely not."
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670-HP Subaru Brataroo Is Travis Pastrana's New Gymkhana Vehicle, And Its Turbocharged Boxer Four Revs To 9,500 RPM
This truly unique 1978 BRAT was built in partnership with Subaru and Vermont SportsCar.
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Was This Oldsmobile Actually America's First Muscle Car?
This 1949 Olds fits all the descriptors people use to define a muscle car. But there are worthy challengers from the stables of Chrysler and Pontiac.
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This 1955 Chevy Biscayne Concept Was Dismembered, Dumped, Then Made Whole Again
Once a car has been taken to a junkyard and cut into pieces, it's dead, right? Not so with this 1955 concept car that GM showed off, then dumped.
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These Muscle Cars Had The Best Names
The muscle car era stands out for its memorable styling, outrageous engines, and some very cool names. Here are a few of our favorites.
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12 Car Models With The Longest Production Runs
The automotive industry is always looking for the next innovation, but some ancient car models have never been abandoned, though they have changed.
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Caterpillar Used To Build Legendary Truck Engines. Here's Why It Quit
Caterpillar's diesel truck engines were industry leaders, known for reliability, performance, and fuel efficiency. But new technology proved their undoing.
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This Dutch Car Paved The Way For The CVT With A Variomatic Transmission
Hardly anyone remembers this tiny and unassuming Dutch car, but they should. Slow and a little weird, it quietly kicked off an unlikely revolution.
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