When a police SUV appears in your rearview mirror in the US, there's a good chance it's a Ford Explorer. More precisely, it's usually a Ford Police Interceptor Utility, the law-enforcement version of the Explorer platform. Ford says the Police…
Your car's odometer seems like one of the simplest instruments in the vehicle. It says you've driven 42,000 miles, so you probably assume the car somehow knows exactly how far it has traveled. But there is no tiny measuring wheel…
Your car can't read your mind, but some modern vehicles can get surprisingly good at figuring out when you're losing focus. If you've ever seen a little coffee-cup symbol appear on the dashboard and wondered how the car knew you…
For decades, engine size was one of the easiest ways to talk about performance. Want more power? Build a bigger engine. It sounds logical: more displacement means more air and fuel can enter the cylinders, so the engine should be…
There are plenty of features in modern cars that seem impressive until you think about how they actually work. But rain-sensing windshield wipers still have a little bit of magic to them. You can be driving along on a dry…
Jeep hasn’t sold the Renegade in the United States since 2023, and it exited Europe in 2025. The automaker announced in 2024 that the next-generation model would return in 2027 as an electric vehicle. Back in May, during the company’s…
When your car battery finally gives up, you probably don't think much about what happens after you hand it over at O'Reilly Auto Parts. You get your core charge back, or possibly a gift card, and the dead battery disappears…
