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It’s worrying when a specialty mechanic informs you of 18 things that need to be repaired. What’s worse, though, is that he didn’t even get close to naming everything. Mack Hogan The idea of owning a beaten-up old E30 and ...

There's Never Been Anything Like LMDh in Sports Car Racing

A joint creation of IMSA and the ACO, LMDh has seen unprecedented collaboration between automakers, suppliers, and governing bodies. Porsche Since the rise of sports prototype race cars in the late Sixties, it feels like we’ve been doomed to repeat ...

Martin Auto Museum: Please Touch the Cars

Arizona Automobile Museum Flips the Script and Encourages Getting Up Close and Personal With the Cars The Martin Auto Museum in Glendale, Arizona recently moved into a larger space, but still maintains its unique singular approach to visitors. The car ...

The Race Car Bed That Connects Bruce Meyers, McLaren, and Parnelli Jones

I sleep in a racing car, do you? Jeff Newton Matthew NGO was not the first driver of the Night Racer. He inherited the seat from his cousin Jack Stewart, who took over when Azra Schorr got a little too ...

Don’t Blow Up Your Engine With a Bad Tune

There have never been more ways to tune your car, but that doesn’t mean you should be the one to do it. Tim Marrs Whether basic bolt-ons or forced-induction, gearheads can’t help but modify their rides. With the rise of ...

The Sunset Strip Has Been a Moving Nightly Party for Nearly a Century

The Strip is still where careers and culture are born. January 1964, the Whisky a Go Go opens its doors with a Johnny Rivers show. Julian Wasser The Sunset Stripis a road, not a track. It’s almost always congested. There ...

Jaguar's XK-E Exceeds the Greatest of Expectations

From the archive: Sensational is the word for this Coventry cat. RALPH POOLE If a new car ever created greater excitement around our office than the new Jaguar XK-E, we can’t remember it. And to sum up this car in ...

An Extendable Breaker Bar Makes Loosening Stubborn Nuts and Bolts a Breeze

Never let another seized bolt stop your progress again. Buy a breaker bar. ILLUSTRATION BY BROWN BIRD DESIGN Start working on cars, and you quickly begin to realize how often you have to deal with stubborn bolts. Wheel bolts, brake ...

Driving an IndyCar Will Tear Your Hands Up

The combination of high downforce, big tires, and no power steering is a recipe for brutally heavy steering. Illustration by R&T Staff Ask rookie NTT IndyCar Series driver Callum Ilott about the savagery in the cockpit of his 750hp Dallara ...

Nissan's 240SX Is a Big Comeback in the Making

From the archives: It takes to twisty roads like macaroni to Tupperware and is as easy to insure as your father’s Oldsmobile. Ron Perry In his book The Reckoning, author David Halberstam wrote about the post-Korean-war stagnation of the U.S. ...

I Bought a Barely Working E30 Because I'm Sick of Caring About Cars

Valuable cars cause way too much anxiety. To learn to wrench and have more fun, I need a great car that’s also a piece of garbage. Mack Hogan It was hard to accept that this hobby, the one that has ...

The Carrera RS 3.0 Is a Civilized Porsche Racer

From the archive: Perhaps the most endearing feature of the Carrera RS is its air of thoroughness, quality and perfect workmanship, even in this lightweight version. Rainer Schlegelmilch The Porsche Carrera 2.7, which in Europe features a 200-bhp engine with ...

The Man Who Unearthed Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheat

Hemanth Kappann had no idea what his PhD research would uncover. Andrew Spear/Redux The moment Hemanth Kappanna boarded that flight, it seemed like his best days were behind him. He’d helped uncover Volkswagen’s conspiracy to cheat emissions regulations, revealing a ...

Ultra-Rare Auto Books Up For Grabs at Geared Auction

Bid on Some Seriously Cool and Ultra-Rare Automotive Books and Literature We think it’s safe to say that if you’re reading this site, then you love a good car story. Over the years, many of the best such stories were ...

The Best JDM Engines Ever Created — And a Few to Avoid

These JDM Engines Showcase the Highs and Lows of Japanese Engineering Many Japanese domestic market (JDM) engines are known for their reliability, endurance, and power. Added to that, these engines are often very lightweight. If you’re lucky enough to score ...

Watch A Toyota GR86 Drift Around an Abandoned Mall

What More Do You Need Than Tire Smoke in Suburbia? We’ve all wanted to go drifting through an empty mall. Toyota has taken three of its pro drivers and done it. They used the 2022 Toyota GR86 to whip around ...

Car Culture: Does Anywhere Do It Better Than Southern California?

Ask anyone who’s involved in the automotive hobby where they’d suggest heading for some really thick car culture, and Southern California would surely be mentioned. I gave SoCal a try for an entire month, every weekend attending the most highly recommended ‘cars ...

19 Fantastic Cars With Fins From the ’50s

These 1950s Cars With Fins Were — And Still Are — Insanely Cool Towards the end of the 1950s, car makers decided that they wanted their cars to fly. Well, more accurately, they wanted to make them look like they could ...

The Evolution of the Convertible SUV

The Convertible SUV Has Survived Mud Runs, Rap Videos, and Everything In Between In 2015, sport utility vehicles, better known as SUVs, officially became the largest automotive segment in the world. And with modern engines getting more efficient every year ...

Hagerty Brings Classic Cars and Real-Life Valuations to Gran Turismo 7

The Hagerty Collection In Gran Turismo 7 Comes With Sweet Rides, Cool Insights, and Market-Responsive Pricing Because nothing says fun like car insurance, Hagerty has jumped into Gran Turismo 7 with both feet and a stack of liability cards. Hagerty ...

10 American Cars with the Worst MPG of All Time

These Gas Guzzlers Take the Prize for the Cars with the Lowest MPG Back in the 1960s, a gallon of gas cost as little as 35 cents. No wonder that was the decade of muscle cars like the Mustang, Camaro, ...

Porsche Giving 12 Old Sports Cars A New Lease Of Life

Porsche Classic has revived the Classic Restoration Challenge for 2022. There's something very satisfying about seeing new life brought to a Porsche 911, or any other classic from the German manufacturer. Classic cars from all regions of the world usually ...

Driving The Lamborghini Huracan And Urus Fast On The Snow Looks Like Epic Fun

Customers will get the chance to have fun in the ice in these Italian performance cars. The Lamborghini Urus is a car you would expect to be capable in the snow but the Italian carmaker insists that its Huracan range ...

1969 Boss 429 Mustang Reigns Supreme

Ford’s Sexy 1969 Boss 429 Might Be the Best Muscle Car of All Time Killer looks, a ground-pounding engine, limited production, and high dollar resale, the 1969 Boss 429 Mustang is one of the best-looking muscle cars on the planet. ...

7 Reasons New COE Trucks Disappeared From American Roads

New Cabin Over Engine Trucks Vanished Once Max Length Restrictions Were Relaxed in the U.S. COE, or Cabin Over Engine, is a common colloquial designation for trucks with such architecture. Some time ago — especially in the ’70s — American ...

7 Things You Should Never Overlook When Buying A New Car

Make sure it fits in your garage and that the wireless charger isn't useless. Seriously. We review the majority of new cars on the road but, as you'll see, it's impossible to cover every aspect of a car for everyone. ...

Weekly Treasure: 2008 Dodge Magnum Cop Car

This retired police wagon has V8 power and sinister looks. With the sole exception of the Subaru Outback and efforts made by Volvo, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz, the mainstream family station wagon is essentially dead in America. Its demise began back ...

How Much Have Cars Improved Over The Last 20 Years?

We compare the 2002 BMW 3 Series with its 2022 successor. Recently, I was involved in a discussion where the pervasive opinion was that new cars are more expensive but worse than they were 20 years ago. Most commonly cited ...

7 Key Facts About Aston Martin

Here's what you need to know about the luxury sports car maker. Heritage is the cornerstone of the Aston Martin brand. The original company was formed by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford in 1913, and the pair sold Singer cars ...

Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R Get Cool Retrofit Accessories

The extra pieces can be installed at your local dealership. The Volkswagen Golf GTI and R duo are usually seen as a pair of conservative sportscars but they are popular products within the aftermarket community. Acknowledging this is the brand ...

Drowsy Driving Is a Way Bigger Issue Than We Realize

A staggering 1 in 25 drivers report having fallen asleep at the wheel in the past month. clu/Getty Images It didn’t take a genius to know I shouldn’t have been driving. Five in the morning, no sleep all night. I ...

The F1 Revolution Will Be Televised

A modest Netflix series showed Formula 1 how to survive in America. Jamey Price It was never more clear than on October 24, 2021. The United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, an event once ...

The Man Behind the Porsche GT3 Is a Hell of a Character

Andreas Preuninger is as interesting as the cars he develops. Which is to say, very. Porsche Andreas Preuninger proves the German stereotype (rigid, anti-fun) untrue. He’s been in charge of Porsche’s GT cars for 21 years. Many in the automotive ...

Parnelli Jones's Trans-Am Mustang Is the Muscle Car of Your Dreams

Trans-Am made straight-line monsters into road course heroes. This Mustang was one of the all-time greats. Larry Chen Everything is heavy. The door closes with an authoritative thunk. The shifter feels like it needs two hands to operate. The triple-plate ...

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