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Automobiles, including cars and trucks, are issued two license plates by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Motorcycles and trailers are the only vehicles that are issued just one plate. License...
Underglow lights are the aftermarket lights mounted on the undercarriage of a vehicle. They will emit a diffused glow whenever they are switched on. Underglow lights will give the vehicle the...
The Ford Motor Company's Oakville Assembly Complex, located outside of Hamilton, Ontario, is a 3,800-worker facility with a history dating to the post-World War II consumer boom.
Turbocharging and supercharging are two of the most common ways of getting more power and performance from a car's engine. But while both are forms of forced induction, which means forcing more...
The Impreza is a compact car from Japanese automaker Subaru. Unlike its competitors, Subaru has always offered all-wheel-drive as an option on the Impreza, which is normally a front-wheel-drive...
The fourth generation Golf GTI, known as the MKIV, is one of the best GTIs that VW has made over the years. After losing the plot a little with the third generation GTI, the MKIV returned to the...
With the recent interest in alternative-powered vehicles in the forefront of today's transportation news, the concept of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) electric cars is not only plausible, but entirely...
The second generation VW Golf GTI 16V, referred to be devotees of the marque as the A2 or MKII, is a terrific second-hand car. The 8-valve GTI won Car and Driver's Car of the Year award in 1985,...
When Nissan Motor Company changed the name of its vehicles sold in the United States and Canada from Datsun to Nissan, it wasn't a sudden transition. Indeed, the names Datsun and Nissan have...
Nissan Motor Company has been around quite a long time. There have been name changes, losses and expansion leading to the Nissan consumers are used to today. If you have been around the car game...
The company that made Jaguars originally began as a motorcycle attachment company, making sidecars. Following World War II, the company moved to the luxury vehicle industry. Jaguar was successful...
Of the three major U.S. auto companies in existence 2009, the Ford Motor Company had managed to expand globally and remain relatively successful after more than 100 years in business despite...
If you are planning to convert a conventional gasoline driven car to run on pure electricity, you need to get an electric motor. The electric motor will be used to replace the internal combustion...
The England-based Jaguar Cars Ltd. manufactures luxury saloons and sports cars. The company can trace its automotive roots to 1922, and in recent years has been owned by several different parent...
Big block Chevy engines have been produced since 1963. The engines started with the 409ci engine followed by the 396ci, and then the 427ci engines. The 454ci was introduced in 1970. A big block...
RPM, defined as revolutions per minute, is an internationally accepted expression of rotational velocity. It refers to the number of revolutions a rotating object makes on its own axis in one...
Volkswagen engines, for 40 years, were air-cooled, horizontally opposed four-cylinder power-plants. From 1938 to 1980, the VW Beetle carried this style of motor; while it may look similar to the...
Honda Motor Co. has a reputation in Japan and the United States for making quality cars at affordable prices. Honda vehicles consistently enjoy good reviews and high reliability ratings. The...
An Owen Magnetic Car is one of the earliest examples of a hybrid-powered automobile. It was produced by the Baker automobile company from 1915 to 1921. Rather than have a traditional clutch...
The Nissan Z car series is a line of sports cars produced by the Japanese Nissan Motor Company. The car has been produced since 1969, and has been credited with improving Nissan's image with...
Sir Alec Issigonis was a 51-year-old automotive stylist and creator of the 1948 Morris Minor when he designed for the British Motor Corporation the venerable Mini Cooper in 1957 for the 1959 model...
Build your own electric vehicle (EV). To get started, this overview will describe the process to modify a compact car to create an electric vehicle. This vehicle will allow you to drive every day...
Fuel economy is the driving force behind many consumers creating new ways to save money when money is hard to come by. Resourceful car owners are adapting their driving style, distance and...
Instructions for assembling a sand rail
Like other solar-powered devices, a solar car gets its power directly from the sun. Solar energy radiates from the sun and is collected by a solar panel mounted on the vehicle. The solar power can...
Although it is thought that Henry Ford invented the automobile and the assembly line, he did not. What Ford did was change the affordability of an automobile for the average man. With Ford's...
The British international motor show is held every two years and has been running since 1903. This year the show will be at Excel from July 23 to the August 3 near the Docklands in London,...