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Yuriyvlasenko/Getty Images Since its founding in 1948, Honda Motor Co. has become one of the most trusted names in the automobile industry, with the company delivering a steady lineup of cars as notably reliable and fuel-efficient as they are price-conscious and fun to drive. Over the past several decades, Honda has, of course, also become one of […]

Dragonimages/Getty Images We all know toothpaste is for cleaning teeth and to help maintain good oral health, but that minty goo in a tube has some other uses as well. Some people swear by toothpaste’s effectiveness in relieving the irritation caused by insect bites or bee stings, while others use it to remove crayon marks

Emme Hall/SlashGear By Emme Hall/May 23, 2024 6: 00 am EST The Ford F-150 has been America’s best-selling truck for 47 years running. Heck, for 42 of those years it’s been the most-bought vehicle in the United States, eclipsing popular models like the Honda Civic and Toyota RAV4. However, Ford is not one to rest on

Getty Images/Getty The Toyota Camry was first introduced to American shores in 1983 as a front-wheel drive replacement for the rear-wheel drive Corona, designed to better compete with its North American compact rivals in the Chrysler K-car series, the Chevrolet Citation, Ford Tempo, and the recently introduced second generation Honda Accord. Through the ensuing years,

The year is 1909. Marcel Leyat, a young Frenchman with an engineering degree, was putting the finishing touches on his first scratch-built airplane. He began his aviation career crafting biplane wings, which is ironic given that he would end up creating a vehicle without wings. Not long after successfully getting his first plane into the air, he realized that

The BMW N52 engine was introduced in 2004 and quickly gained a reputation as one of the most reliable and popular BMW engines to ever come out of Bavaria. That’s saying something, as straight-six engines had already been BMW’s bread and butter for almost 90 years by the mid-2000s. In the same year, BMW released another inline-six

Aleksandr Kondratov/Shutterstock By Ron King/May 21, 2024 2: 15 pm EST Chrysler’s HEMI engine design dates back to the first-generation Hemi produced in the early 1950s. The Trenton Engine Plant, located in Trenton, Michigan, built U.S. production hemispherical combustion chamber engines (from which the HEMI brand name derives) from 1952 through the 1970s, including the famed

The 3.6-liter Chrysler Pentastar V6 has been around in one way or another since 2010 (for the 2011 model year): Even at 14 years old, it’s still a staple in many lineups under the Stellantis umbrella of companies, which includes models from Jeep, Ram trucks, Chrysler, and Dodge. In 2019, it was announced that 10 million Pentastars

There has been a huge amount of news about all aspects of the coming transition to electric vehicles (EVs). In addition to this general awareness, around three million EVs have been sold so far in the U.S. But there is another, lesser-known clean vehicle technology that has support from some of the world’s major automakers.

Aleksandr Kondratov/Shutterstock The Toyota RAV4 is one of Toyota’s sales successes in the U.S., with the compact SUV consistently making the top 10 cars in America by volume sold since 2015. However, the RAV4 isn’t just a big winner because it’s a cheap car. Many people choose Toyota’s compact crossover SUV because of its versatility and

Car engines last longer than ever before, especially when taken care of properly. When your engine finally does give out with a bang, a whimper, or a cacophony of scary metal-on-metal noises, you have a few options. You could visit your nearest salvage yard and pick up a used engine, but you’ll likely be installing

The Global Guy/Shutterstock The Jeep Wagoneer was first introduced in 1963 in response to competition for the iconic military Willy’s Jeep’s position as a sizable, practical, hard-working vehicle. The core concept was to move away from the image of the World War II-era vehicle and develop something more stylish and comfortable to compete with the likes