Vehicles in the U.S. just keep on getting older as new ones continue to cost way too much for the average buyer. In fact, the average car on the road in 2024 is 12.6 years old. That means the average car was built back in 2011. Preposterous. Even EVs Can’t Get A Break From The … Read more
Image: Wikimedia If you ask anyone where the car capitol of the world is, they’re bound to say Los Angeles, right? What makes LA great? Is it the year-round driving roads, the thousands of hot rod shops, or the wide variety of cars and enthusiasts? If you listen to Los Angelinos, anyway, they’ll say that … Read more
An analysis of British road traffic accidents in a recent study concluded that battery electric vehicles and hybrids are significantly more likely to strike pedestrians than gas or diesel vehicles. According to data compiled from 32 billion miles of BEV and HEV travel and over 3 trillion miles traveled in gas and diesel vehicles, the … Read more
By Tom Krisher | Associated Press DETROIT — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new ones cost so much. S&P Global Mobility, which tracks state vehicle registration data nationwide, said Wednesday that … Read more
Home Car And Bike Attention Car Owners! Rear Seat Belt Alarms Mandatory From THIS Date; Rs 1000 Fine For Not Complying This safety feature alerts the passenger sitting in the car with a beeping sound to wear the seat belt and this sound does not stop until the passenger wears the seat belt. A seat … Read more
Automobile introductions can be a star-studded affair. From beautiful venues, and fancy dinners, to celebrities, automakers put millions int introducing a brand new model. Some automakers though have been known to take things to otherworldly levels. Take the introduction of the Maybach luxury sedans in 2002. This Is The New Mercedes-Maybach Night Series When Mercedes-Benz … Read more
Oh, OK. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your dealership and select that lumpy grey 4Runner because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you drive around town. But what you don’t know is that 4Runner is not … Read more
Image: Gooding&Company I’ll admit that even as a car enthusiast, some parts of automotive history escape me. A big gray area for me is pre-WWII stuff; early automotive history. While I’d be hard-pressed to name some of the more obscure models from this time, one car from the period I never even knew existed just … Read more
You’ll be forgiven for not knowing much about the automotive world around the mid-1890s. It was a long time ago, and the world was a very different place back then. The automobile was pioneered by thousands of people making iterative improvements to four-wheeled transport, some more important than others. History remembers the Henry Fords and … Read more
HERCULES — Two people are suspected of leaving an infant alone inside a running vehicle with marijuana and prescription drugs while inside a home repair store, police said. Officers arrested both people on suspicion of child endangerment and suspected drug violations after being dispatched to the store in the 1600 block of Sycamore Avenue for … Read more