Volkswagen's Mk3 Vento: A Weird Lapse In Creativity?

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...

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,...

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...

Spend some time on the FCP Euro blog or reading through promotional emails, and you'll see plenty of talk about quality. It's arguably the most crucial factor in all that FCP Euro provides, from parts to Customer Experience to content. However, it's also an essential term for you, the prospective...

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...

Drive any older car long enough, and you’re sure to hear and feel signs of wear. Maybe that’s a clunking over bumps, or a vibration at speed, or even a vague feel from the steering wheel; nothing that seems too serious, but makes itself apparent often. Despite their perceived lack of importance,...

All-wheel and four-wheel drive have become increasingly popular in the last few decades, and while they’ve provided better traction in inclement weather, they’ve also added complexity. At the center of all that complexity in many European cars and SUVs is a transfer case, which sends power to...