Oil Approvals & Certifications Can Be Really Confusing - Here's What You Need To know

One of the more costly parts of owning a car is the upkeep. Maintenance is typically affordable, but every car has an area or two that are an “Achilles’ heel,” so to speak. For many, it’s a big, expensive part that requires some involved hours. However, there are plenty of others whose big issues...

The best way to save money during your car ownership is by fixing it yourself. No matter what your car may need, a dealership will have a reasonably significant hourly rate that can push a simple service into an eye-wateringly expensive experience. Luckily, it doesn’t have to be that way, as many...

Fuel pumps have one of the highest rates of return at FCP Euro, and it’s easy to see why. Fuel systems can be pretty complex, with many electrical and mechanical parts influencing fuel delivery to the engine. Common causes include a debris-filled fuel filter, blocked fuel line, blown fuel pump...

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...

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...