Regular cab — no back seat, no second row, just two doors and the longest bed your truck offers — used to be the default way to buy a pickup. Today it’s nearly extinct at retail, and for 2026 the list of holdouts got shorter again: Ram no longer offers a regular cab 1500 at … Read more
Car incentives in 2026 are running hotter than they have in years — national incentive spending has climbed past 20% year over year, landing around $3,300 per vehicle on average. But that average hides the real story, because the money is wildly lopsided: some segments are practically being given away with stacked 0% financing and … Read more
Hyundai’s anti-theft software update is supposed to stop USB-cable thefts — but a Hyundai Tucson running it was stolen this month anyway, a reminder that even a well-designed fix can’t protect a car that isn’t actually using it. The theft happened in roughly two minutes, the same way thousands of Hyundai and Kia thefts have … Read more
Here’s how to break in new tires properly: fresh rubber doesn’t grip as well as it will after a few hundred miles, and most drivers have no idea. Straight off the shelf, every tire still has a thin layer of mold-release compound on its surface — a residue left over from manufacturing — and the … Read more
Brake fluid never gets the attention engine oil does, which is backwards — it’s the one fluid standing between your foot and a wall. It’s the hydraulic medium that turns pedal pressure into clamping force at all four wheels, and when it fails, it fails at the worst possible moment: mid-stop. The good news is … Read more
A flat tire always seems to happen at the worst possible time. Here’s how to change a flat tire in about 20-30 minutes, with no special tools beyond what’s already in your car — and once you’ve done it once, you’ll never be intimidated by it again. Before You Start Pull as far off the … Read more
The Slate electric truck preorder window opened June 24, and the response has been the loudest signal yet that a genuinely cheap, genuinely basic new vehicle is what a big slice of the market has been waiting for: more than 180,000 reservations for the Bezos-backed startup’s stripped-down pickup. Now that pricing, specs, and the production … Read more
Subaru’s manual transmission 2027 lineup is now official — and it’s the most contrarian product announcement in the industry this year. While manuals hover around 1% of overall new-car sales and most automakers quietly delete the option with every redesign, Subaru stood up at the 2026 Fuji 24 Hours endurance race, showed three cars under … Read more
Here’s how to check engine oil level and condition in about five minutes — one of the easiest ways to catch a problem before it becomes an expensive one. Most modern cars can go a while between oil changes, but the level and condition can still tell you a lot in between — and it … Read more
A dead battery is one of the most common roadside problems you’ll ever run into, and it always seems to happen at the worst time. The good news: here’s how to jump-start a car safely once you know the correct order of steps — it just takes a little care around the battery terminals and … Read more