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Car and Product Reviews for Pet Owners

What is this, a review for dogs? Well, sort of! In this section of The Drive, we review cars for pet friendliness and owner convenience, recommend products for safe animals transportation, and share tips for successful road trips with your furry friends on board.

Will It Dog?

Hyundai/Kia Plasma Care UVC sanitizer
Kia News

Hyundai and Kia Want To Sanitize Car Interiors With UV Light

The Korean automakers supersized the same tech that cleans phones and toothbrushes to clean entire vehicle cabins.

Callum Designs Jaguar XJ220
News

Ian Callum Didn’t Design the Jaguar XJ220, but This Is What It Would Look Like if He Did

The former Jaguar design boss reimagined and updated the automaker’s legendary supercar.

IIHS crash test of a 2026 Chevrolet Blazer and 1996 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer
News

Old vs. New Chevy Blazer Crash Test Shows How Much Safety Has Improved Since the ’90s

The IIHS claims its testing program has saved nearly 50,000 lives over the past 30 years.

Hot Wheels Ford GT40 after five days of running
News

Weird Experiment: This Hot Wheels Car Drove 13,459 Scale Miles in Five Days

A 1:64 Ford GT40 achieved a mighty endurance feat while running on a makeshift rolling road.

BMW M3 GTR in Clutch
Video Games

‘Clutch’ Drops an Hour of Gameplay Showcasing Street Racing and Story

It’s an extensive look at the open-world action-racing game set on the French Riviera, still about a year out from release.

Bench seat
News

Are Front Bench Seats Making a Comeback in Cars?

Front-bench seats offer great versatility for cargo or passengers, yet they’re only available in a handful of models in the U.S. However, that number is suddenly growing.

Honda Passport
Manufacturing

Honda and Toyota Took Six of the Ten Spots on This Year’s ‘American-Made’ Vehicle List

71% of consumers think the F-150 is the most American-made pickup. It ranked 27th.

Inside the Globe-Trotting Tent That Broadcasts F1 Around the World Every Weekend
F1

Inside the Globe-Trotting Tent That Broadcasts F1 Around the World Every Weekend

Whether it’s managing TV operations, guiding the Safety Car, or sending terabytes of telemetry data to the teams, the tech Lenovo leverages to make F1 happen is truly mind-blowing.

The 2027 Hyundai Avante side profile view
The Downshift

The New Hyundai Elantra Actually Goes Kind of Hard: TDS

Hyundai’s compact sedan is getting a makeover with classic proportions, and surfacing and lighting evoking the N Vision 74 supercar.

2023 Toyota Crown infotainment unit
Culture

Domestic Violence Law Has California Car Dealers Sweating July Stop-Sale Deadline

New digital privacy protection requirements in California might force dealers to turn customers away next week unless the state legislature acts.

Portable speaker on sale.
Deals

Hilarious Gas Can-Shaped Party Speaker Is Cheap Enough to Impulse-Buy During Amazon Prime Day

It’s a speaker that looks like a jerry can—and it’s practically half price this week!

Polestar 3 production
Culture

Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo. That Should Terrify You

Polestar is done in the U.S. market. Its sister brand Volvo, owned by the same Chinese parent company, was spared. No one has explained why.

Bosch tools on sale on Amazon
Deals

The Very Best Bosch Tool Deals on Amazon Prime Day 2026

Get up to 61% off high-precision Bosch power tools, bits, accessories, and more from Amazon this Prime Day.

2027 GMC Sierra 1500
GMC News

2027 GMC Sierra Gets Even Fancier With Articulating Screen and Headrest Speakers

The new GMC half-ton also gets a pair of next-gen small-block V8s like the 2027 Chevy Silverado.

2026 Polestar 4
Polestar News

Polestar Is Done Selling New Cars in the US

Five months after announcing plans to reboot Polestar is done in the U.S. market.

Ferrari's British driver Lewis Hamilton finishes first at the end of the Catalonia Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo, on the outskirts of Barcelona, on June 14, 2026. (Photo by Manaure QUINTERO / POOL / AFP)
F1

Can Ferrari and Hamilton Stop Either Mercedes Driver This Weekend?

Will Mercedes continue to dominate in Austria, or have the mechanical failures in Canada and Barcelona revealed Brackley’s Achilles heel?

Slate Hero
Slate News

I Rode in Slate’s $24,950 Electric Truck. It Didn’t Feel Like a $24,950 Electric Truck

A fully loaded Slate Truck with the SUV kit, lift, and accessories tops out around $35,000. That changes the math considerably.

Toyota dealer
The Downshift

Toyota Might Steal GM’s US Sales Crown Thanks to Hybrids: TDS

General Motors bet on EVs and V8-powered trucks and SUVs with no mainstream hybrids in its showrooms while Toyota went all-in on hybrids.

Car cleaning products on sale.
Deals

Prime Day Car Detailing Deals: Products Under $20 That Are Really Worth Buying

There are lots of great car detailing brands doing deals for Amazon Prime Day. Here are my picks for super low-cost bargains from brands we use ourselves.

Distracted Driving with Phone
Culture

If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?

Smartphone adoption tracks America’s pedestrian death spike almost perfectly. The problem: every other country has smartphones too.

Amazon Prime sale items
LIVE
Deals

Amazon Prime Day Deals: All the Best Buys for Car People

Amazon Prime Day is live from June 23 to 26. We’ve been scanning the sales to round up all the best deals for people who are into cars.