Front-wheel-drive cars get a lot of hate from the uninitiated enthusiast. Purists gravitate towards rear-wheel drive, while those looking for peak performance lean towards all-wheel-drive models for ...

As the 1970s went on and it became clear to carmakers that switching to front-wheel-drive platforms would be the best way to make small cars roomier and more economical, Chrysler beat Ford and GM to ...

None of us want to admit it, but the days are starting to become shorter and it’s not long now until many of us will be cycling in the dark on a regular basis. Whether you’re likely to be navigating a ...

Typically, wheel bearings are like Simon and Garfunkel (or Disturbed, if you prefer) and emit "The Sound of Silence." Not the song, that'd be annoying, but actual silence. However, when wheel bearings ...

Max Verstappen despises cars that use front-wheel drive, declaring it “the worst thing ever.” Verstappen has driven rear-wheel drive for the entirety of his career, from go-karts to Formula 1. In a ...

The addition of the 2026 Subaru Uncharted to the automaker's lineup is, of course, news on its own, marking the third EV and the eighth crossover in the stable of the adventure-ready brand — but one ...

Sweden's SKF, the world's largest producer of ball bearings, said on Friday it was cutting 1,700 jobs, mainly in Europe, in a bid to secure "future competitiveness" and reported a drop in sales. The ...

Front-wheel drive is the most common layout in modern vehicles, but things were quite different in the early days. Although FWD experiments can be traced back to the late 1890s, mass-produced ...

Old habits die hard, especially in Detroit. After decades of relying on displacement to achieve their power targets, American car companies found themselves at a crossroads in the 1990s. The ...

From the Acura Integra Type S to the Chevrolet Trax, these four front-wheel drive cars deliver real driving thrill. We’re huge devotees of rear-wheel drive (RWD) cars simply because they tend to be ...

Greasing wheel bearings can get very messy very quickly, in a very kindergarten kind of way. The trick is to embrace the ooze, because greasing is the fun and easy part. The hard bit comes when ...