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Published on Dec. 2, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Reversing a vehicle is one of the most counter-intuitive tasks in modern life. We are asked to navigate a multi-ton machine thr…
Published on Dec. 21, 2024, 5:51 p.m.
There's a certain nostalgia for the primitive “fuzzbuster” of a bygone era. A simple, plastic box suction-cupped to the dash, i…
Published on Dec. 15, 2024, 1:29 p.m.
For nearly a century, the sound of a dead car battery was a universal signal of surrender. That hollow, desperate *click* echoi…
Published on Dec. 15, 2024, 1:02 p.m.
In the quiet of a garage, a silent war is being waged. It’s a slow, insidious conflict fought at a molecular level inside the b…
Published on Dec. 3, 2024, 9:40 a.m.
There’s a certain romance to the “new car smell.” It’s a potent cocktail of promise, freedom, and fresh upholstery. But what if…
Published on Dec. 3, 2024, 9:35 a.m.
In 1952, a milk truck driver in upstate New York complained to chemist Julius Sämann about the lingering stench of spilled milk…
Published on Dec. 3, 2024, 8:56 a.m.
The modern vehicle has become far more than a means of transport. It is a mobile office, a dining room, a concert hall, and oft…
Published on Dec. 3, 2024, 8:45 a.m.
There’s a collective memory shared by almost anyone who has ever driven a car: the iconic, pine-tree-shaped piece of cardboard …
Published on Dec. 2, 2024, 5:16 p.m.
There is a unique physics of fear known to every driver who has piloted a large vehicle. It’s the low-grade, white-knuckle tens…
Published on Nov. 24, 2024, 8:52 a.m.
There exists a peculiar paradox in the lifecycle of the modern automobile, perfectly embodied by a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan or …
Published on Nov. 24, 2024, 8:47 a.m.
There was a time, not long ago, when the car dashboard was a cacophony of disparate elements. A radio for music, a separate GPS…
Published on Nov. 24, 2024, 7:31 a.m.
There is a unique covenant between a Jeep Wrangler JK and its owner. It’s a pact signed not on paper, but on dusty trails, rain…
Published on Nov. 24, 2024, 7:16 a.m.
The dashboard of a modern car is a paradox. It’s a landscape of gorgeous, high-resolution glass, a testament to our connected a…
Published on Nov. 24, 2024, 6:11 a.m.
There’s a ghost in almost every car built before the last decade. It’s the faint, staticky whisper of an AM radio searching for…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 7:03 p.m.
Cast your mind back to the dashboard of a car from a not-so-distant past. It was a landscape of tactile certainty: chunky plast…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 6:51 p.m.
For decades, the heart of a car’s dashboard was a predictable, standardized rectangle. Governed by the German standard DIN 7549…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 6:47 p.m.
There is a distinct sensory memory tied to driving a car from the late 2000s or early 2010s. It’s the dim, pixelated glow of a …
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 6:40 p.m.
There is a ghost in the modern car, a phantom sense-memory for anyone who came of age before the turn of the millennium. It’s t…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 6:35 p.m.
There is a particular, tactile memory that resonates with anyone who has spent time behind the wheel of an older car. It’s the …
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 6:24 p.m.
Before we talk about touchscreens and apps, we must pay respect to a piece of unsung German engineering from the 1980s: the DIN…