No, the 12-volt aftermarket audio industry won’t be leaving us any time soon. But it is in decline, and has been for many years. As a trade publication for the custom electronics industry recently ...

More than 5000 car companies have existed in the United States alone, from Abbott-Detroit to the Zip Cyclecar Company. Yet some folks just can’t seem to find the perfect vehicle to buy, so instead, ...

So. I have this 1988 BMW E30 325is that I bought last summer. I named it “the FrankenThirty” because its salvage title turned out to include the fact that the rear two-thirds of the car matched its ...

Another day, another bonkers achievement for the 2025 Corvette ZR1. Not content to be the fastest, most powerful Vette ever, Chevrolet aimed its crosshairs at several more superlatives. While in ...

The BMW Neue Klasse concept unveiled in 2023 previewed a completely new styling direction for the Munich-based brand, but the show car’s significance doesn’t end there. The modern Neue Klasse will ...

The early days of motoring took a much more casual approach to safety. With automobile speeds in the late 19th and early 20th centuries being relatively low, and road traffic largely consisting of ...

I’m under the weather with a surprise case of COVID, so I’m sequestered in the third-floor bedroom where I obviously can’t wrench on anything. It does, however, give me the chance to tell you about ...

Sure, the vast majority of the time we spend in, on, and around cars is fun, but every now and again there’s a moment that brings about a pretty severe pucker factor. It could be of our own doing, or ...

We heard you loud and clear. Last week’s question asking about cars that deserved better engines provided us with page after page of fantastic responses. So many vehicles got a raw deal before they ...

In this day and age, you would search a long time before finding a classic-car nut who hasn’t heard of the 1970–74 Plymouth Barracuda. But most of those folks will be thinking of the high-octane ...

Join us for a brief history of NASCAR and its alternative-fuel initiative. It only began a couple of years ago, but a lot has happened in a very short time, some of it in the past several days. As we ...

Gemberling’s Rampside is no ordinary Corvair. It sports a 305 V-8, a Corvette rear end, and Camaro wheels. Courtesy Dean Gemberling I’ve been a Corvair fanatic for 45 years. The best part of owning ...