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F1’s Sebastian Vettel Explains ‘Act Now or Swim Later’ Climate Views
By Mike Spinelli / Updated May 8, 2022

Will.I.Am Understands What Luxury Cars Should Be
By Victoria Scott / Updated May 6, 2022

19 Vehicles Spanning 63 Years: Meet the Staff’s Project Cars
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated May 6, 2022

How I Used Coding To Defeat My VW GTI’s Stability Control Systems
By Chris Rosales / Updated May 6, 2022

Picture Perfect: How to Pan Like a Pro
By Victoria Scott / Updated May 5, 2022

How One Small Change Made the Honda Civic Type R More Special
By Chris Rosales / Updated May 3, 2022

The Era of ‘the Car You Own Forever’ Is Coming to an End
By Mike Spinelli / Updated Apr 29, 2022

Repairing Your Car’s Electrical Connectors Is a Solid Start to DIY Wiring
By Chris Rosales / Updated Apr 29, 2022

Small Cars Are Getting Huge. Are Fuel Economy Regulations to Blame?
By Victoria Scott / Updated Apr 29, 2022

Heat Soak Made My Fiat 500 Abarth a Slowpoke
By Kevin Williams / Updated Apr 27, 2022

Welcome to Wheelspin, Mike Spinelli’s New Column About Car Culture Today
By Mike Spinelli / Updated Apr 27, 2022

My $3,500 Mitsubishi i-MiEV Proves 45 Miles of EV Range Might Be Enough
By Kevin Williams / Updated Apr 27, 2022

I Customized My BMW 128i’s Hidden Convenience Settings Via Its OBDII Port
By Peter Nelson / Updated Apr 26, 2022

The Life of an EV Battery From Cradle to Grave — and Why Recycling Is Still So Hard
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Apr 26, 2022

‘Superlifts’ and a $500K Investment: How Dealers Are Prepping for GM’s Electric Future
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Apr 22, 2022

Cobb Locked Out Key Tuning Features Due to Emissions. Here’s Why Tuners Are Furious
By Peter Holderith / Updated Apr 21, 2022

How I Fixed a Broken $3,500 EV in My Driveway
By Kevin Williams / Updated Apr 20, 2022

What I Discovered at My First Easter Jeep Safari in Moab
By Kristin V. Shaw / Updated Apr 16, 2022

Resealing the Camshaft Girdle on My 2010 VW GTI Wasn’t That Scary
By Chris Rosales / Updated Apr 15, 2022

I’m Selling My Track-Day Mazda 2. Here’s How I Got It in Shape for Its New Home
By Peter Nelson / Updated Apr 14, 2022

Lease Here, Pay Here Dealerships: A Guide to a Predatory Industry’s Bad Idea
By Kevin Williams / Updated Apr 12, 2022

Buying a Car in the Chip Shortage: Tips and Advice for Today’s Tough Market
By Tom McParland / Updated Apr 7, 2022

The Secret to Formula Drift Is Smoothness and Finesse, Not Violence
By Jonathan Harper / Updated Apr 7, 2022

I Shot Formula Drift With a Cheap Instant Camera and It Ruled So Hard
By Kristen Lee / Updated Apr 7, 2022

How I’m Setting Up My BMW 128i for the Track
By Peter Nelson / Updated Apr 6, 2022

How to Buy a Car from a Buy Here, Pay Here Dealership Without Getting Screwed
By Kevin Williams / Updated Apr 1, 2022

Why I’m Dropping Everything to Travel America in a JDM 1995 Toyota Hiace
By Victoria Scott / Updated Mar 31, 2022

‘It Wasn’t Even a Dream’: Reema Juffali on Being Saudi Arabia’s First Pro Woman Driver
By Hazel Southwell / Updated Mar 25, 2022

How to Avoid Scams as a Rideshare and Delivery Driver
By Kevin Williams / Updated Mar 25, 2022

This Is Cars & Crime Week: A Collaboration Between The Drive and MEL
By Kyle Cheromcha / Updated Mar 25, 2022

An F1 Team Lost a $250,000 Diamond at the Monaco GP, and It’s Still Missing Today
By Lewin Day / Updated Mar 24, 2022

A Look at Video Game Legend John Carmack’s Sacrilegious Turbo Ferraris
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 24, 2022

How Advancements in Tire Tech Are Injecting New Life Into Older Cars
By Bradley Iger / Updated Mar 23, 2022

Inside the Tow Truck Mafia: How Organized Crime Took Over Canada’s Towing Industry
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 23, 2022

My First BMW 128i Wrenching Experience Went Strangely Well
By Peter Nelson / Updated Mar 23, 2022

America’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief Breaks Down the Perfect Getaway Car
By Peter Holderith / Updated Mar 22, 2022

How I Made Almost $1,000 Fixing and Flipping a Mazda 3 With a Sticky Dash
By Kevin Williams / Updated Mar 22, 2022

Why Some People Think Lotus Founder Colin Chapman Faked His Death
By James Gilboy / Updated Mar 21, 2022

Here’s What It Takes to Prep and Run a Factory Race Car in a Professional Series
By Robb Holland / Updated Mar 21, 2022

Here’s Why This Season of Formula 1 Will Be the Most Exciting Yet
By Robb Holland / Updated Mar 19, 2022

Subaru Tuner Still Missing After Disappearing With Owners’ Engines and Cash
By James Gilboy / Updated Mar 17, 2022

How Audi Is Adapting Old-School Quattro AWD Tricks for the Electric Age
By Ronan Glon / Updated Mar 17, 2022

How I Fixed All the Irritating Problems With My Cheap Old Mercedes
By Lewin Day / Updated Mar 15, 2022

Subaru Speed Shop Owner Vanishes With Customers’ Engines and Cash: Report
By James Gilboy / Updated Mar 11, 2022

Meet the Modded Vans That Carry California’s Legal Weed
By Roger Garbow / Updated Mar 8, 2022

How Honda Had Its Best Racing Season Ever Across the Board in 2021
By Robb Holland / Updated Mar 3, 2022

Picture Perfect: How to Photograph Cars at Night
By Victoria Scott / Updated Mar 3, 2022

The Ford Maverick Is Sold as a City Truck, but It’s Really Built for the Suburbs
By Eli Fitch / Updated Mar 1, 2022

Where Are All the Robotaxis We Were Promised? Well…
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 1, 2022

Racing Pioneer Cheryl Linn Glass Should Still Be Here
By Hazel Southwell / Updated Feb 28, 2022

With a Wrench and a Cowbell: How Sterling Chase Worked His Way Into Pit Crewing
By James Gilboy / Updated Feb 25, 2022

Living the Dream Through a Lens: Myles Williams on Becoming a Pro Racing Videographer
By Kobe Lambeth / Updated Feb 24, 2022

I’m Building an Autonomous Lawn Mower and Cutting Grass Is Harder Than You Think
By Lewin Day / Updated Feb 24, 2022

How the 3G Shutdown in 2022 Could Screw Your Car
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Feb 23, 2022

Owners of Bricked Jeep Grand Cherokee L’s Blame Faulty Key Fob Electronics
By Peter Holderith / Updated Feb 22, 2022

This ‘Immaculate’ JDM Mazda RX-7 Had Its Dark Past Revealed by a Forum
By Lewin Day / Updated Feb 18, 2022

America’s Last AMC Dealer Is Literally Cutting Cars Out of Trees
By James Gilboy / Updated Feb 17, 2022

Racing Still Has a Diversity Problem. Robb Holland’s Got a Plan to Fix It
By Kristen Lee / Updated Feb 14, 2022

My Tuned Saturn Sky Is Simply More Fun Than My BMW E46 M3
By Peter Holderith / Updated Feb 8, 2022

NASCAR’s Clash at the LA Coliseum Threw Out All Tradition. It Worked
By Alanis King / Updated Feb 7, 2022