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Volkswagen loves an excuse to mark important milestones in the Golf line. It launched the GTI Clubsport at the 2024 24 Hours of Nürburgring to celebrate the hatchback’s 50th anniversary, which it followed a year later with the Edition 50 to commemorate half a century of GTI at the same event. Sam tried it, and […]
Alex Unders/Shutterstock Let’s start by understanding how a simple “open” differential works. The order of power distribution to the wheels starts at the pinion, which sends torque from the driveshaft to something called the ring gear. Inside the differential housing, you’ll notice that the ring gear is […]
Ttretjak/Getty Images Have you ever wondered why a bunch of powerful superbikes from different brands all mysteriously reached a top speed of 300 km/h? No, it’s not a physical limitation that even Emmett Brown couldn’t overcome. That’s because motorcycle manufacturers did what people do when adults looked […]
Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock Chevy’s small-block V8 will undoubtedly pop up in conversations thanks to its ubiquity in American car culture. But it had a bigger sibling who strongly advocated the phrase “There is no substitute for displacement.” That brother was the 454 V8, a heavy and thirsty cast-iron […]
Defined by its iconic design, balanced driving dynamics and distinctive rotating heart, the Mazda RX-7 was one of Japan’s most ambitious sports cars. Over its three-generation lifespan, the RX-7 proved that even a small Japanese automaker like Mazda could challenge the European sports car establishment – not by chasing […]
Asphotowed/Getty Images An “important” feature of today’s car keys is that you don’t have to physically touch them to enter or start the car, thanks to developments such as RFID proximity technology (which is short for radio frequency identification). That feature is especially nice because keychains are […]
While American license plates can vary quite dramatically in style and appearance, especially when it comes to the amazing array of vanity plate ideas, in Europe it’s a different story. The designs are much more uniform, as evidenced by its history. In Britain, for example, although the formats have changed over time, they have always […]
In 2006, Volkswagen had offered a limited promotion to buyers of the latest Beetle (including the convertible), Jetta, GTI and Rabbit. Select drivers would receive a custom GuitarMaster electric guitar that can play from the car’s speakers. A pair of high-profile ads from the era depicted guitarists John Mayer […]
