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Why Don't Some Cars Have Rear Wipers?

The answer has less to do with cost and more to do with aerodynamics.

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YouTube TV quietly adds new channels to lineup for customers

The new channels offer programming focused on historically Black colleges and universities, cars, pets and more

The Independent UK

Porsche Turned Toy Story Characters Into Real Cars—And They're Incredible

Buzz, Jessie, and Woody each get their own custom 911s ahead of the premiere of Toy Story 5.

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“We opened for bands we really hated, like Styx. People were relating to us and not them. They got a little pissed”: the stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America

For nearly a decade in the late 70s and early 80s, The Cars were one of America’s most popular bands

Louder

How to get Forza Horizon 6 Loyalty Rewards

There's six free cars for returning Forza fans, and here's how you can get them.

Dot Esports

Helmut Newton made cars look as good as models. Now his work will be exhibited at a prestigious Italian automotive festival

Luxurious cars helped define Helmut Newton’s fashion photography. Now, for the first time, an exhibition of his automotive-focused work is coming

Digital Camera World

UK Volvo drivers get Gemini at last – as part of their Android Automotive experience

Google's big push to get Gemini in more cars is forging ahead, with Volvo owners next in line

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“It was the quickest song I ever wrote. I didn’t even write it on the keyboard, and it took about 10 minutes”: How to re-create the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars

We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW

MusicRadar

Porsche And Pixar Are Teaming Up Again

Remember Sally? Not the actual Cars character, but the real-life 911 that shared her name. Back in 2022, Porsche created a one-off inspired by Sally Carrera, finished in Sally Blue Metallic with custom wheels and even her signature "tattoo" on the back bumper.

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NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. announces next racing start

It's in the CARS Tour at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

Motorsport

Disney's new Marvel poster mashups are hilariously unexpected

And for some reason, they work.

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“I do not think I have a talent for pop music. I’m much better if I slow it down a bit, make it a bit menacing, add a hint of mystery or oppression, I’m in my element at that point”: How to emulate the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars

We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW

MusicRadar

Where Brad Pitt’s F1 movie ranks among the biggest racing films at the US box office

'F1' has turned Brad Pitt into a motorsport box office record-breaker, sitting behind only the 'Cars' films in the US

Motorsport

Drivers having a collective meltdown as cars have a secret feature that can turn the interior into a swamp

Hurry up and check your car, right now!

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"That's how the band took Ric's demos and turned them into Cars songs": The Cars are working on a new album using Ric Ocasek’s old recordings

New biography is out about the new wave band

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The Cars' surviving members working on new music started by late frontman Ric Ocasek

The Cars have been working on new music from demos left behind by late frontman Ric Ocasek.

The Guardian - US

‘Nobody is painted any worse than they actually were’: new book tells the true story of the Cars

In Let the Stories Be Told, the surviving members of the 80s band share the behind-the-scenes drama behind some of the decade’s biggest hits

Guitar World

“To surprise me, they put my name on the headstock in gold lettering – but they spelled it wrong”: The Cars’ Elliot Easton on the Flying V that Tim Shaw built him – a “gorgeous” guitar (even if Gibson slipped up on his name)

Easton’s 1982 Gibson Custom Shop left-handed Flying V was a much-loved guitar, but when someone offered "stupid money" for it he couldn’t turn it down. Still, it looked cool on the cover of GW

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“I paid $2,800 for it at a vintage dealer. Now, I think the guitar would be worth six figures”: What was Elliot Easton’s greatest gear find? The Cars legend reveals all – and argues that today’s players have never had it better

The former Cars six-stringer talks early guitar exploits, the golden age of vintage-guitar buying, and why he’s not as jazzed about amps as he is about guitars themselves

Benzinga

Analyst Revs Up Cars.com, Hits The Brakes On 3 Others

Shares of auto retail ecosystem companies have outperformed year-to-date, despite the announcement of auto tariffs and industry fundamentals weakening "even before the impact of tariffs have flowed through to vehicle pricing," according to JPMorgan.

Guitar World

“The Epiphone and Squier guitars that you can get now, with a good setup, will play great and sound very close to more expensive versions”: Why The Cars' Elliot Easton believes a guitar's setup is more important than its price tag

Is it worth breaking the bank for a guitar? The Cars' six-stringer doesn't think so...

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Disney Releases More Details On Its New Cars-Themed Land

Last year, Disney announced an entire land dedicated to Pixar's Cars at its Magic Kingdom Park in Orlando. Aside from a few illustrations that, actually, looked pretty awesome, the details were otherwise scarce. But today, the company has revealed new information on its next big expansion—including a name.

Motorsport

Josh Berry: CARS Tour puts on a better show than "horrible" ARCA

Earlier this year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Josh Berry earned his first career Cup Series win, taking the iconic No. 21 Wood Brothers machine to Victory Lane. He also has five wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, but it was the CARS Late Model Tour where he truly made…

Guitar World

“John Lennon hated doubling his vocals. The chief engineer at Abbey Road came up with a way to add a delay and put it onto another track. That’s what that pedal does”: The Cars’ Elliot Easton on the secrets of his pedalboard –and the wizard who made it

Easton has a Dumble-in-a-box, 12-string jangle on demand and a whole bunch of wildcards on a pedalboard that's got a little bit of everything

MusicRadar

“After every take, Mutt would say, ‘Check the tuning, man!’ This went on and on for almost a year. One day, I just gave him the guitar and said, ‘You tune it. I can’t take this anymore!’”: How legendary producer Mutt Lange drove the Cars half-mad

And the result? 'A beautiful record,' says guitarist Elliot Easton

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