---
title: "Why Do We Love Widebody Cars?"
description: "YouTube channel Gears and Gasoline takes a moment to chat about car enthusiast love of widebody cars."
date: "2018-03-03"
modified: "2018-03-03"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/18957/why-do-we-love-widebody-cars"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "racing"
  - "Stance"
  - "Tuner Cars"
  - "Widebody"
---

# Why Do We Love Widebody Cars?

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Last week YouTube channel Gears and Gasoline released a video [telling you why](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/18770/check-out-why-you-should-own-a-beater-car>) you should own a cheap, beater car. This week they are back with a video on car enthusiasts' love of widebody cars. The host talks over some of the science of the widebody and its beginnings in motorsport programs which has now evolved into a craze among tuners and racers alike. You get to see a few enthusiasts' cars and how they use a widebody to fit the performance and style they are going for.

Check out Gears and Gasoline's *Why Do We Love Widebody Cars?* below.

https://youtube.com/embed/c-Ytb9ISaq8

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

### Author social links  
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[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-cheromcha-1550248a/>)