Why the weekend tradition of car waxing has been waning Decreases in demand, small competitive boutiques, and new market-altering technologies have knocked traditional car care companies on their heels. As the consumer audience has shifted in both demographic and…

Carmakers already diving into next-gen tech to disinfect cars It’s an automaker’s job to keep tabs on deep, global trends that could contribute new features or technology to future product, and what deeper, more global trend could there be…

BMW X8 M to be a standalone M model on new platform? The rumors regarding what BMW has planned for the top of its range keep getting weirder. All we know for certain is that the hybrid i8 flagship…

Hertz files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, unable to withstand the coronavirus pandemic that has crippled global travel and with it, the heavily indebted 102-year-old car rental company’s business. The Estero, Florida-based company’s…

Junkyard Gem: 1988 Mazda 323 GTX Back in early 2007, when the late Davey G. Johnson got me my first job writing for an automotive publication (well, unless you count writing for the Year One catalogs back in the…

Lockdown-weary Americans hit the road to beaches for holiday weekend Americans are back on the road after more than two months of coronavirus lockdowns that kept them homebound, with beach-area traffic tripling since the low point in mid-April, reports…