Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 1:33 p.m.

In the world of the automotive enthusiast, we worship at the altar of the machine. Our garages are sanctuaries, meticulously or…

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 1:23 p.m.

There’s a certain satisfaction, a deep-seated appreciation that resonates with any gearhead, in the sound of a perfectly tuned …

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 9:21 a.m.

There was a time when starting your car was a visceral, often perilous, struggle with physics. Imagine a cold morning, the air …

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 8:57 a.m.

There’s a violence to the old stories. A sudden, sharp kick from a hand-crank that could break a man’s wrist, an engine that re…

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 8:29 a.m.

It is a sound universally dreaded by drivers: the weak, rhythmic "click-click-click" that replaces the confident roar of an eng…

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 8:13 a.m.

The internal combustion engine is a marvel of controlled violence, a symphony of fire and steel that propels our world. Yet, it…

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 8:07 a.m.

In 1859, French physicist Gaston Planté arranged two lead sheets, separated by a rubber strip, and submerged them in a jar of s…

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 7:52 a.m.

It is a sound that every driver dreads: the turn of a key or the press of a button followed not by the reassuring roar of an en…

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 7:40 a.m.

There is a ghost in every car ever made. It’s a silent specter that haunted the earliest motorists and, despite a century of in…

Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 7:02 a.m.

In 1859, long before the first automobile engine sputtered to life, French physicist Gaston Planté submerged two lead plates in…