For decades, the assumption was simple: smaller cars were quicker, more agile, and better suited for performance driving. Yet, Pontiac spent much of the 1960s and early 1970s dismantling that belief.

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The popular saying goes that, "there's no replacement for displacement." However, that's never been less true than in the modern car market. Many of today's most popular cars feature smaller engines ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

Many car designs elicit comparisons to animal forms. The fauna that the BMW 7-series brings to mind, however, form an inelegant chimera. The battery-electric BMW i7 gets a lot of flack—all ...

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The V8 engine configuration has long been favored for its inherently favorable qualities of being well-balanced, relatively compact, and with a high capacity for power output. Shortly after the turn ...