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Travelers issued the first car insurance policy in the U.S. back in 1897. Today, it's one of the largest auto policy providers in the country, with plans sold by more than 15,000 independent ...
While we’re now talking about cars reaching speeds in excess of 300 mph, the first car to cross 200 mph did so more than 50 years ago. The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona hit 200 mph in March 1970 at ...
After over two years of a demand freefall in the used car market, prices have suddenly increased, indicating a change. While the price increase isn't dramatic, it could hint at what consumers ...
This Porsche Speedster was also the car in which he won his first SCCA race. (This article originally appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of MotorTrend Classic) The original Porsche Speedster was ...
Touchscreen controls and Infotainment systems are so ubiquitous in vehicles that selling a car without them is kind of like not including the wheels. Even folks who kind of miss knobs and buttons ...
In 1952, Blaupunkt introduced the first in-car FM radio, followed by Becker’s iconic 'Mexico' radio in 1953, which featured an automatic station-search function. But radios weren’t the only sound ...
There was something that Miki Biasion, the driver who won back-to-back World Rally Championship titles with Lancia in 1988 and ’89, said at the launch of the brand’s new Ypsilon rally car that ...
Let's dive in. Before you can get started on the actual act of changing your oil, there are a few steps you need to complete to prepare your car. First of all, you need to know your vehicle's oil ...
Alaska’s first car exists somewhere between the two poles of notoriety. It is far from forgotten history and is, in fact, on display in an Alaska museum. Yet, it should be something grander than ...
So when he heard about a new community where he wouldn’t need to own a car at all, he was intrigued. Just 15 miles from downtown Phoenix, AZ, Culdesac is billed as the first car-free community ...
Now, British carmaker McMurtry has turned that wild idea into a reality for the first time ... save for a quick acceleration to prove the car wasn’t tied down. While it might look like ...
The original Porsche Speedster was the perfect Southern California sports car in the 1950s. Its existence was inspired largely by Max Hoffman, then Porsche’s U.S. importer. Hoffman wanted a ...