Oxygen sensors are one of the most critical supporting parts of your engine. While sitting in the exhaust, they gather information on the engine’s combustion characteristics and the fuel mixture. A damaged or ineffective sensor will affect your vehicle’s running condition for the worse, often...

Although perhaps not as obvious in recent decades, there was a time when Volkswagens were arguably the most whimsical vehicles on the road. Their lineup in the eighties, nineties, and even through to the early ‘00s was full of the models we know today, like the Golf, Scirocco, and Passat,...

The “American road trip” is a cultural phenomenon. People travel great distances in Europe and Asia, but certainly not with the frequency and ease we can manage in the US. With thousands of miles of interstate and millions of smaller regional roads, there are months' worth of nature, history, and...

Do you know what kind of battery your car has? How about what it needs? Automotive batteries are not all made the same. There are several common types of batteries available here at FCP Euro and at your local parts store, and not all of them are a great fit. The demands of today’s hybrids are far...

European cars have long been filled with American-made parts, but a European car assembled in America? Now those are hard to come by…or at least, they were until the late nineties. Around the turn of the millennium, European manufacturers invested huge sums into manufacturing plant expansions,...

Electrical issues are the bane of many vehicle owners. Wiring is complex and sensitive, so seeking out the root cause of an issue is something that most dread. However, many electrical issues can simply be traced to a lack of available electrical power. While a dead or dying battery may be the...

When you enter your vehicle’s info into the vehicle selector tool on the FCP Euro home page, the website automatically filters all the parts guaranteed to fit your vehicle. Narrowing down the hundreds of thousands of parts to just a handful makes the search process much easier, but it doesn’t...

Summer is here, and so are those trips you have planned. Get excited because you should be! But now's not the time to ignore the knocking suspension or engine service light. Long journeys and intense summer heat stress nearly every system within your car, so now’s the time to get caught up on all...

Don’t panic now; there are just a few weeks before Father’s Day. Dads are notoriously tricky to shop for, but supporting their passions is a great way to connect with them and ensure you’ve grabbed something potentially meaningful or valuable. If they're into European cars, you're in the right...

Ask ten enthusiasts for their ideal road trip car and you'll get ten different answers, because the right vehicle depends entirely on the kind of trip you're taking. A flat-out interstate run asks for very different things than a weekend of dirt roads and campsites, and neither has much in common...