We take aluminum body components in cars for granted today, along with a whole range of other materials scarcely seen in vehicles just a couple of decades ago. But when it comes to aluminum, there ...

Audi has revealed plans to create a luxury sedan positioned above the A8, designed to take on the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class and other ultra-luxury machines. The automaker made the announcement in a low ...

For the vast majority of automotive history, cars, trucks, and SUVs alike have all sported steel bodies. Other than being easy to produce, steel has been, and still is, employed in a large majority of ...

Colin Chapman was onto something when he said "simplify, then add lightness." After all, cars use less fuel and, as a general rule, are better to drive when all the excess fat is cut away. It might ...

Early automakers embraced faster and cheaper manufacturing using metal-stamped parts during the early 20th century. While ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...