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In the world of high-performance automobiles, V12 engines are right near the top of the list when it comes to powering the most exclusive hypercars. Sure, V10s, turbocharged-or-supercharged V8s, and even some electric powertrains rank amongst the most exclusive propulsion systems you can buy, but V12s are nearly ubiquitous amongst the world’s most expensive and […]

Megaflopp/Getty Images Engine knocking can result from one of several issues involving your engine. Whatever is causing it, it must be dealt with immediately so it doesn’t become any worse. The knocking is a warning sign that there could be (or already is) a serious engine repair in your future.  Advertisement The three primary causes

EmmanuelD/Wikimedia Commons When it comes to affordable, reliable power, it’s always been difficult to beat an American V8. Long-running favorites from the likes of GM, Chrysler, and Ford might lack the exotic prestige that comes with a low-volume handbuilt European powertrain, but there’s a good reason they have remained so popular. Likewise, there’s a good

Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock I obsessed over the engine break-in period when I got my first new car back in 2000. The owner’s manual said to avoid hard acceleration and braking for the first 1,000 miles, and it all had to do with how the engine, transmission, suspension, and brakes always need time to «settle in» due

There exists a select group of elite car collectors for whom buying the world’s most exclusive and expensive cars simply isn’t enough. Buying it straight from the manufacturer means that there are likely to be other people in the world with a car exactly like theirs, and that simply isn’t good enough. To add an

It’s no secret that Americans love pickup trucks. Take the Ford F-150, for example — it ranks as the best-selling Ford vehicle of all time. With that many like-minded people surrounding a style of vehicle, nicknames begin to pop up, just like with the «Square Body» Chevy trucks from the 1970s and 1980s. While the

The Lincoln Town Car, like its siblings the Mercury Grand Marquis and Ford Crown Victoria, was an ever-present part of the Lincoln lineup, from the inception of its Ford Panther platform underpinnings in the late 1970s to its final death in 2011. All told, the Lincoln Town Car existed for 30 model years, from 1981 to

Gestalt Imagery/Shutterstock Pickup trucks have been a significant part of the automobile market pretty much since the moment Henry Ford rolled the first Model TT off the production line in 1917. Those first pickups were modified builds of the Model T, Ford’s first production car, which the manufacturer’s design team fit with a truck bed after learning

Tokariev Dmytro/Shutterstock The answer to how long car headlights last depends on the bulb or lighting-system type. Conventional halogen bulbs are good for 500 to 1,000 hours. It may seem enough, but halogen bulbs will degrade faster with frequent night driving. That’s why headlights are the first upgrade for any of my new or used cars. Advertisement

Darthart/Getty Images JDM cars are arguably the most popular genre of vehicles in the world. So, understandably, they are a constant topic in almost every car conversation. However, if you don’t have a particular interest in Japanese cars, there’s a good chance you may not know what the abbreviation JDM stands for. The acronym is

The Image Engine/Shutterstock There isn’t a single major automaker that got to where it is today without continual innovation, and part of that innovation involves weeding out underperforming models in its lineup and replacing them. Ford is a prime example, with the brand’s back catalog containing a long list of discontinued nameplates that stretch back

The 460-cubic-inch big block Ford V8 is a massive engine equating to a displacement value of over 7.5 liters. For reference, that’s bigger than a Rat, a Hellephant, and a Godzilla, making the 460 one of the biggest V8 engines ever built by Ford. Advertisement Other Ford engines, with displacements including 370 and 429 cubic