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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?

GT7 arcade cabinet
Video Games

DIY Guy’s Gran Turismo 7 Arcade Cabinet Is So Much Cooler Than VR

A discarded Sega cabinet was rebuilt into the perfect platform for the “real driving simulator.”

Car battery hooked up to testing equipment
News

Walmart Brand Car Batteries Flop in Absurdly In-Depth Test

Batteries from O’Reilly were more expensive, but they also performed better.

1997 Toyota Land Cruiser
For Sale

This 80-Series Toyota Land Cruiser Is Going to Sell for Big Bucks at Monterey Car Week

It may look unassuming, but this stock Land Cruiser is already a six-figure car.

Popular Mechanics 1996 Car Guide CD model page
History

This 1996 ‘Car Guide’ CD Let You Build and Price Any Car Without the Internet

This 30-year-old car-buying configurator on a CD let you do nearly everything the internet does now, only easier and without the pesky ads.

A 1940s urban garage in the United States
Culture

Does Your Car Even Fit In Your Garage?

Garages are shrinking, especially closer to big cities. Can you even fit your personal car inside one?

Do Helmet Spoilers Actually Work?
Manufacturing

Do Helmet Spoilers Actually Work?

Helmets with chin and rear spoilers certainly look cooler than their more basic counterparts, but most people don’t actually know whether these help reduce drag or increase lift.

Former Caterpillar engineer Jim Coles
Watch This

Listen to a Former CAT Engineer Explain Why Inline-Sixes Are Better Than V8s for Hard Work

Jim Coles worked as a Caterpillar engineer and sold Peterbilts for 40 years, so it’s safe to say he knows a thing or two about diesels.

Dremel oscillator
Deals

Get up to 50% off Super-Useful Dremel Tools During This Summer Sale

Dremel has some great deals going on extremely useful tools right now.

To fuel customer interest in expanded color customization, Dodge will display a 2027 Dodge Charger Scat Pack in vivid Cha Ching Green and a Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Jailbreak painted in Toxic Orange (shown) at the brands Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge event, showcasing the art of the possible with the new Dodge Color Jailbreak program.
Dodge News

Dodge Goes the Porsche Route and Makes Custom Paint Colors Available to the Masses

Dodge is “Jailbreaking” its color options for 2027.

The new 2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee Launch Edition is a 600-horsepower evolution of the SIXPACK-powered Charger that creates the quickest, fastest and most powerful SIXPACK Charger  and the most powerful Dodge Super Bee  ever (shown in new Sucker Punch exterior color).
Dodge News

2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee Buzzes With 600 HP From a Highly Boosted Inline-Six

Dodge is turning up the wick on its high-output Hurricane inline-six.

VW Caddy pickup truck
The Downshift

Volkswagen’s US Comeback Plan Involves a Pickup Truck: TDS

The embattled automaker is making moves to restore business in the U.S., and one of them may bring the company’s first truck in decades.

blipshift and the drive new shirts collection drop
Culture

Alert: Cool Shirts Are Back with The Drive’s New Blipshift Collection

Need new threads? Our latest merch drop revives more of Blipshift’s greatest all-time designs, plus a new throwback shirt with The Drive’s original logo.

BeamNG.drive rally screenshot
Video Games

An Obscure Physics Sim Is Reeling in Almost as Many Players as Forza Horizon 6 on Steam

After a hot start, FH6’s Steam player count has crashed to a tenth of its peak, while physics sandbox BeamNG is catching quick. It’s a sign of the times.

SRT eBoost Air
Stellantis News

SRT’s New Quick-Spool Turbo Gadget Makes the Hurricane I6 Launch Like a V8

The goal is to eradicate lag on twin-turbo Hurricane inline-six engines.

This Ford Dealer Knows How to Sell Trucks: Make Them Look Old
Ford News

This Ford Dealer Knows How to Sell Trucks: Make Them Look Old

Making brand-new pickup trucks look old is nothing new, but every now and then we come across a prime example of a retro-fied Ford. This is a good one.

2026 Ferrari 296 Speciale Aperta Review: The Red-Blooded Supercar Enzo Would Be Proud of
Ferrari Reviews

2026 Ferrari 296 Speciale Aperta Review: The Red-Blooded Supercar Enzo Would Be Proud of

Following in the footsteps of the magical 360 Challenge Stradale, 430 Scuderia, 458 Speciale, and 488 Pista—the Ferrari 296 Speciale honors its name with spicy looks and mind-bending performance.

Mercedes-AMG GT53
The Downshift

Entry-Level Merc GT53 Trades Triple-Motor Power for Big Range: TDS

The new Mercedes-AMG GT53 doesn’t have the 1,153 hp of the flagship version, but it does have a projected 500 miles of range.

Ford Fathom flipbook cover
Ford News

Ford’s New Electric Truck Is Called ‘Fathom’ and Starts at $29,945

Let’s just hope you weren’t actually betting on it being called the Ranchero.

FullGood EVs on display in showroom
Culture

Illegal Muscle Cars: How Enthusiasts Are Recreating Forbidden Classics in China

Classic cars are highly regulated in China, so a motorcycle club-turned-coachbuilder is trying to fill that gap by recreating iconic designs of the past.

The Drivecast Ep. 27 Hero
Car Tech

America Finally Gets Modern Headlights. Your Experience May Vary

Audi’s Head of Exterior Lighting, Michael Kruppa, and lighting expert Daniel Stern told The Drive why Audi and Rivian built such different headlights.

A screenshot of BMW's Spider-Man ad running on an in-car screen.
Infotainment

Dear Automakers: Get Your Ads Out of Our Cars

It’s time to tell your MBAs that some opportunities are best left unexploited.