Logo for the 50th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, featuring blue stylized number 50, with dates April 11-13, 2025, and years 1975-2025.

Celebrating 50 years — auto racing returns this week to the streets of Long Beach (with photos from the 2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach)

This week, “50 Years at Full Speed” is celebrated at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. To commemorate the ...
Five brightly colored race cars take a sharp turn on a racetrack, closely following each other.

Inaugural Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix — two thumbs up!

After contesting a successful exhibition race there in 2024, this year IndyCar returned to The Thermal Club on March 21-23 ...
Formula 1 banner with text: "Rookies were destined to fail at chaotic 2025 season opener in Australia.

Formula 1 rookies were destined to fail at chaotic 2025 season opener in Australia, and an F1 flashback

Did you catch the 2025 Formula 1 season opener? While I could not be at the Albert Park circuit in ...

Are rodents chewing your car’s wiring & more? Stop them!

Rodents do extensive, expensive, potentially dangerous and immobilizing damage by chewing on automobiles’ wiring and more. They can also spread ...

Zeekr — the most technologically advanced car company you have probably never heard of!

Recently I covered CES 2025 (the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. The day before CES opened press conferences were ...
CES logo with gradient design next to bold "CES" text, followed by "Powered by The Consumer Technology Association" in smaller font.

Looking forward to CES 2025 — the Consumer Electronics Show

I’m excited! Are you? Today, after I finish this “AutoMatters & More” column, I will be sending it to the ...

Please park between the lines

Have you noticed that these days it seems as if parking spaces in parking lots are getting smaller — at ...
Workers in an auto glass repair shop replace the windshield of a red SUV.

Why you should get your chipped windshield repaired and not replaced, if possible

Experienced drivers have probably had this unfortunate, but inevitable experience. You’re driving along on the highway, obeying the rules and ...
Cover of "The Complete Book of Dodge & Plymouth Muscle Cars: Every Model from 1960 to Today" with bold red and yellow text on a black background.

Relive your muscle car memories with The Complete Book of Dodge & Plymouth Muscle Cars

Starting way back in 1951 with the release of the V-8 Hemi engine, Chrysler (now Stellantis) has been building automotive ...

Why do we pay more for auto insurance?

Why do you think we pay so much these days for auto insurance? If you think it is because the ...