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...
One of the most universal experiences as a car owner is paying for fuel. Whether that be electricity, gasoline, diesel, or yesterday’s fry oil, there’ll always be complaints about the cost unless it were free. Because of a changing climate, we now have a large offering of vehicles that, with the...
All engine coolant is not created equal. In a similar fashion to engine oil, coolant is a complex mixture of chemicals and minerals designed to keep your engine running as cool as possible. Aluminum and cast iron, the most common engine block materials, require different properties from the...
Human beings are fascinating creatures. For all of our likenesses as people, thanks to nature, nurture, or a combination of the two, our brains develop in delightfully different ways, and we have very different ways of tackling the problems life throws at us. Take, for example, the solutions for...
According to Wikipedia, a "sleeper" is a car that has high performance and an unassuming exterior. It is a car that can match the performance and speed of a more traditional high-horsepower sports car, but it does so without attracting too much attention from fellow drivers. Sleepers are tons of...
Cars aren’t getting less expensive. Price reductions are rare in the industry, and the recent political climate hasn’t made that any easier. That said, there is still a variety of affordable European offerings with some fun and luxurious equipment. If you’re keeping a tight budget this year and...
Race cars and boats don’t share too much in common. However, their inability to get from their storage locations to their places of use requires some vehicular assistance. Pickup trucks are great for towing; it’s partly what they’re made to do. But they can be overly big and don’t function the...
Digging deeper than surface level into any brand will likely reveal a common platform or series name encompassing a handful of models. Codes like BMW’s E30 and G20, Audi’s C5 and B8, and Volvo’s P1, P2, and P3 are all some you might regularly encounter while car shopping. These overarching model...
As cars have evolved, they've become filled with much more stuff. That counts for amenities like heated rear seats, entertainment screens, and larger systems that make them safe to drive and convenient to operate. Our technological advances have spawned more complex ways of building our vehicles,...
The motoring world was alight in a golden age of emerging technology in early 2003. A generation of supercars and poster-worthy sports cars were leaving factories across the globe, and mixed in between all of the current classics we love today, the first generation of European SUVs was in full...