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Making friends these days can be hard, especially if you’re a racing series beholden to oppressive regimes with horrible records of human rights abuses. You don’t have to worry about Formula 1 getting lonely anymore, though. Not after it announced that Jack Whitehall is now an official Friend of F1. How they found each other,…

Innovation has always carried the auto industry forward. Cars moved from being simple mechanical machines to computers on wheels. They have also become faster, safer, and more refined than ever before. Naturally, innovation quickly infected the automotive field; once a new feature was introduced by one brand, the competition followed promptly. Those that couldn’t keep…

While today’s Nice Price or No Dice X3 has a lot of miles on the clock, it has a stack of maintenance receipts for the work that’s been done to keep it going. It also has a rare six-speed manual, making it all the more intriguing to keep on the road. Let’s see if its…

Speed limits are one of the pillars of safe traffic engineering, but that doesn’t mean drivers always obey them. Ideally, the posted speed limit matches a road’s function while also accounting for daily traffic patterns. Meaning that areas with lots of foot traffic or intersections should have lower speed limits, while areas with fewer pedestrians…

Whether the car-dominated culture of the United States likes to admit it or not, riding bicycles is fun, and also scientifically cool. After all, humans riding bikes are the most energy-efficient animals on the planet. But you know what’s not fun or efficient? Trying to haul around a car full of bikes without a proper…

You might remember that Dodge leaned heavily on the “banned by NHRA” marketing when it launched the 2018 Challenger Demon. Though its quarter-mile elapsed time (ET) of 9.65 seconds at 140 mph was NHRA certified, the association at the time had certain safety requirements (roll cage, window nets, and the like) for cars that ran…

The scheme is simple: you, under a presumed identity, or preferably another person with good credit, takes out multiple car loans to buy multiple cars. You then sell the cars and pocket the money while leaving your fake identity or real human you tricked into taking out these loans absolutely ruined credit-wise. You will have…

The U.S. is a huge place, and it’s one that’s full of exciting roads that many of us dream to drive one day. We’ve asked for your favorite driving roads in the past, and answers varied from California’s Pacific Coast Highway to downtown L.A. interstates, plus just about any road in the Finger Lakes. While…

Remember back in the day when it seemed as though the market was flush with thrifty economy cars? Not just in price, but in solid miles-per-gallon numbers as well? One could walk into a dealership, select a small, lightweight sedan or hatchback sporting a small-displacement four-cylinder, and bask in the warm, 40-mpg-or-more-per-tank life for up…

The Milwaukee Mile has hosted auto racing since 1903, making it the oldest continuously operated motor speedway on the planet. But before The Mile was home to motorsports history, an NFL championship game, and even Led Zeppelin, it was a horse racing track. The one-mile oval in West Allis, Wisconsin, was privately built as a horse…