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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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11 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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The Kia Soul Is Dead. Here Is How The Internet Is Taking It
The Kia Soul has officially ended its run, much to the delight of its detractors and the disappointment of its fans. Here's how the internet responded.
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Why Do Porsches Have The Ignition On The Left?
Misstating its own history, Porsche has told a number of erroneous stories about this over the years. For starters, forget about the Le Mans connection.
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Ram Brings Back The Dude Package From The 1970s Because It Knows Exactly Who Buys Its Trucks
This SEMA concept is inspired by a package that was originally marketed with the help of Don Knotts, who voiced Mayor Turkey Lurkey in "Chicken Little."
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Why Are Chevy Big Block V8's Called Rat Motors?
Is the Chevy big block "rat" engine related to the "Mighty Mouse"? How about the "porcupine" or the "elephant"? We uncover a zoo-full of answers.
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Just When You Thought The Chevy Corvair Couldn't Get Weirder, Here's The Amphibious One
Chevrolet Corvairs came in all sorts of guises, from coupe to pickup. It took a pair of moonlighting Chevy engineers to create a version that could swim.
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Why Older Boeing Planes Had Eyebrow Windows (But Newer Ones Don't)
The little windows above the cockpit's main panes weren't there just for aesthetics. They served several practical purposes ... and then they didn't.
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This One-Off Pontiac Supercar Had A Ferrari Engine Under The Hood
Enzo Ferrari himself provided the V12 engine for this car conceived by GM design chief Bill Mitchell. The result combined muscle-car flair with Ferrari power.
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Pontiac Made A Straight-6 Decades Before It Was Popular
Pontiac’s 1926 inline-6 combined solid performance with comfort, redefining affordability and setting new standards in early automotive design.
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