Get an Eye on Your Car’s Hidden Bolts With This Extendable Mirror Tool

Engine bays are seemingly designed to hide bolts, nuts, and screws. With this inspection tool, you can see all.

Prime Day 2022 Is Here—Score Amazing Deals Now on Auto Parts, Gear, Tools, Tires, and More

Amazon Prime Day deals are live now! They last only through midnight p.s.t. Wednesday July 13, so hurry.

Rust Penetrator Is a Miracle Oil That You Need If You Work on Old Cars

If you ever work on a car with rust, this stuff is a must-have.

The Story of My $5292.07-per-Ounce Hot Wheels Camaro

Ruminating on a childhood obsession and a teacher who set a writer on his path.

I Finally Experienced the Wide-Open World of Overlanding

It’s not hard to understand why the lifestyle keeps growing.

Why I Un-Modded My E30 Project Car

Ahead of its first track day, I decided to give its aftermarket cooling system the boot.

The W116 Is the Car That Made Mercedes Mercedes

No other vehicle helped propel the brand to its current status atop the luxury market like the W116.

How MPGe Works For Electric Cars

The metric is new to most, but it doesn't have to be as confusing as it sounds.

When Disaster Strikes

Pro drivers on their most harrowing moments, plus how to escape a mangled race car.

The Electric Car Industry Doesn't Have a Demand Problem

It has a supply problem. Automakers are getting flooded with orders for electric cars and trucks they can't build.

My E30 Project Drives Better Than Ever Thanks to a New Set of Wheels and Tires

I didn’t even have to get the tires mounted to the wheels. They came delivered like this.

Death on the Ring: What Happens When the Nürburgring Loses One of Its Own

The on-track death of Nikola Koprivica has silenced a community of Nürburgring regulars.

The 600-HP Eighties Supercar Ferrari Wouldn't Sell You

Today, Ferrari will sell you a car with a 600-horsepower twin-turbo engine straight from the factory. In the 1980s, you had to get creative.

Here's How Much Precious Metal Thieves Can Take From Your Catalytic Converter

And here's how much prices have spiked for all of that palladium, rhodium, and platinum.

How Engineers Develop New Paint Colors

Making a new color into something that can survive decades of abuse is no easy feat.

The Noblest Car Fans Love Citroën, And Other Citroën Rendezvous Dispatches

The Citroën SM is so famously difficult to repair, even its fans turned down the offer of a broken one for free. We visited a gathering of the Citroëniste.

Let's Remember the Mercedes SLS's Exploding Door Bolts

If your Mercedes SLS just flipped over, don’t worry—explosions will save you.

Fastest Cars in the World

For these cars, 200 mph is just the beginning.

The Day of the Deuce

Celebrating the car that birthed America's automotive obsession.

He Beat the NYPD: How NYC's Most-Wanted Speeder, Afroduck, Escaped

Nine years ago, Afroduck broke records and wound up in cuffs. Then he drove away.

How a Gutting Loss Helped Nicholas Latifi

He may have lost a championship, but he gained so much more.

My Mom Finally Got Her Beetle

Spurred on by great loss, buying a 1971 VW Super Beetle brings a bit of joy to my family home.

Disassemble Your Interior Without Breaking Anything With These Trim Removal Tools

Need to replace a window motor or get behind your dashboard? These tools are critical to your success.

We Asked a Former Jewel Thief About His Ideal Getaway Car

“It’s not about speed,” Larry Lawton says with a chuckle. “You’re never gonna outrun anybody. It’s not Baby Driver.”

Myles Rowe Didn't Start Like Other Race-Car Drivers

Rowe is paving a way for Black race-car drivers with a unique career path that doesn't have a conventional start.

The Most Important Influencer in the Car World Is Black

When it comes to style, the car world looks to Hert at Hoonigan. Getting to that spot wasn't easy.

Dark Speed

Le Mans racing legends on mastering the 200-mph Mulsanne straight at night.

The Gate Crashers Who Smuggled Human Cargo Across the Berlin Wall

The brave, creative souls who smuggled human cargo across the Berlin Wall.

How the Jaguar D-Type Dominated Le Mans

From the archives: It wasn’t luck that caused the D-Type to be so good. Every­thing was too well planned for that.

A GT1-Spec Ford GT Has a Serious V-8 Soundtrack

Thanks to a 5.3-liter Roush Yates engine pushing out 600 horsepower, the GT GT1 makes sweet, distinctly American music.

Tales From a Traveling Cage Builder

The wonders of a mobile roll cage building business, as told by the man that does it.

The Lotus Elan SE Will Change Your Mind about Front-Wheel Drive

From the archives: This car—to be blunt—is the first Lotus that doesn’t, in some de­tail, remind me of a kit car.

A Simple Brake Job on My E30 Project Somehow Went Very, Very Wrong

Now I’ll need to spend a ton of money to make it right.