The original Audi Quattro did more than add two extra driven wheels to a family coupe. By proving that sophisticated ...

Joshua is an automotive enthusiast who explores every facet of car culture. With a history of over 30 vehicles, his love for Japanese tuner cars shines. Beyond ownership, he dives into every vehicle, ...

This test car is typical of most true street cars out there: a decent motor, a reasonable gear ratio and an automatic transmission with a mild stall converter. For most genuine street cars, traction ...

Picture this: It’s almost go time at your local dragstrip/autocross/road course, and you’re sitting there in a brand-new 2024 Honda Civic Type R (or its spiffier sibling, the Acura Integra Type S).

Lives can depend on a vehicle’s moment-by-moment traction. New European technology promises to make cars as good as experienced, alert drivers at sensing and adjusting to wet, snowy or icy roads.

When the snow falls in the High Country, traction can be the difference between the ditch and making it to your destination. Most car rental companies, however, can’t guarantee consumers a vehicle ...

The world outside your garage is an inhospitable place, with rain, sleet, mud, snow, blizzards, ice, hail, and all sorts of hazards trying to send you into a nearby tree. That’s why traction control ...

Overview: 4x4 electric cars pair the instant torque and efficiency of electric drivetrains with all-wheel-drive traction for confidence in slippery conditions a ...

The wet whirring sound of a firmly-lodged tire is one we all dread. It usually means we're going nowhere fast unless we have someone to help push the car out of the hole — and even then, that person ...

Ice scrapers and brushes should be a crucial part of any car's winter safety supplies, even in areas where it doesn't get ...

Q: I own a 2012 Chevy Suburban with 71,000 miles that I have owned since new. Recently I went through a local car wash and when I came out the other side, my dash starting displaying “Service Traction ...

Although it looks like an ordinary car from the 1930s, the Traction Avant was arguably the most innovative car of its era. It effectively created the recipe for modern cars by introducing the unibody ...