Cars

50 years ago, if you wanted a fast performance car and a practical small car, you had to endure a compromise. That compromise was, more often than not, owning both at the same time. While this had its strengths, it also had quite a few weaknesses. Eventually, several automakers agreed that the weaknesses outweighed the […]

patruflo/Shutterstock Automatic transmissions are highly complex automotive components. They’re significantly more complicated and challenging to work on than manual transmissions, which means expensive repairs and replacement parts. One factor contributing to the difficulty involved in automatic transmission repair is the massive amount of individual pieces that comprise an automatic transmission’s anatomy. There are literally hundreds

Ford’s new Mustang Dark Horse is expensive as far as Mustangs go with a base price of just under $60,000, while options can take it well past the $70,000 mark. That’s rarefied territory for a Mustang, especially compared to the $30,000 you’d pay for an entry-level Mustang Ecoboost Fastback. You’d be forgiven for thinking that

Darol/Shutterstock Many people don’t know this, but if you want to import a car, you may have to wait over two decades before you can legally own and drive it on American soil. That’s because of something called the 25-year Import Rule, a regulation that limits the importation of foreign vehicles that don’t meet specific

Marc Pfitzenreuter/Getty Images Hardcore gearheads are well-versed in engine nomenclature, but for folks whose car knowledge ends with the difference between a manual and automatic transmission, engine designations can seem inscrutable. At a fundamental level, most engines are labeled with a «V» or an «I» and an even number from 4 to 12. The number

Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images Honda has long been regarded as one of the most trusted and reliable brands in the automotive industry. The company has also established itself as an industry trailblazer in developing hybrid and electric vehicle technology for mass production. In the late 1990s, Honda became the first major automaker to offer a hybrid

Artistic Operations/Getty Images General Motors introduced Pontiac cars in the 1920s as an affordable alternative to the company’s Oakland brand. Despite being launched as a lower-cost option, Pontiac’s impressive cars quickly overtook Oakland models in popularity. Pontiac soon became a household name, and the brand developed several models over the years that left a lasting

Nor Gal/Shutterstock These days, virtually every car that hits the road comes equipped with a complex computer running its electrical systems. Those systems help control and often monitor the inner workings of a car’s engine, too, with the help of sensors that track vital stats and sound an alarm when one element is not functioning

John Keeble/Getty Images CFMOTO is one of the major players in the off-roading automotive scene, plying its trade in rugged motorcycles like the 450MT, ATVs like the CFORCE 1000, and the parts that make them up. The brand has been around since 1989, and you can find its products alongside other big names like Polaris

Sjo/Getty Images Try as they might, automakers simply haven’t been able to sell small cars to people in the United States, no matter how hard they push. The original Ford Fiesta, for example, was intended to be a world car, but it did so poorly in North America that it was immediately dropped after the