For decades, the assumption was simple: smaller cars were quicker, more agile, and better suited for performance driving. Yet, Pontiac spent much of the 1960s and early 1970s dismantling that belief.

A long line of cars. Car manufacturers keep making bigger cars, and Americans keep buying them. Last year, trucks and SUVs made up 80% of all new car sales, compared to 52% in 2011. Some consumers say ...

Historically, the cars made in China have been small. But at this year’s Beijing Auto Show, it was all about SUVs. Unlike their American competitors, however, these big Chinese cars aren’t gas ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The American origins of car bloat go back ...

The popular saying goes that, "there's no replacement for displacement." However, that's never been less true than in the modern car market. Many of today's most popular cars feature smaller engines ...

Chase Bierenkoven is a gearhead and writer based in Denver, Colorado. As the family lore goes, Chase's first word was "truck." Cars have been a problem ever since. By 16, Chase was spending his ...

Many car designs elicit comparisons to animal forms. The fauna that the BMW 7-series brings to mind, however, form an inelegant chimera. The battery-electric BMW i7 gets a lot of flack—all ...