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 ...

The car frame is the main supporting framework to which all other parts of the car are connected. Because a car frame is made of metal, it can rust over time. The good news is that it can be repaired, ...

When cars were first built, they were raced … the two have always gone hand in hand. First there were jalopies, then hot rods, lead sleds, street W rods, street machines, "pro" street machines, and ...

These days, GM has the unibody thing all ironed out. The result is lightweight chassis that are substantially stiffer and stronger than yesteryear’s full-frame cars, and for resounding evidence, look ...

From that far-off seat in the bleachers, it may well appear that "little guy" drag racers have been flogging the same old cars for quite some time now: stripped-down coupes and roadsters in the ...

The short answer is, paying someone else to repair your rusty car frame takes an awful lot of money. Tackling it as a DIY project, though, will require some basic tools coupled with a lot of time and ...

If you're around gearheads enough (or you are one), you've probably heard the phrase "ladder frame" being used to describe a body-on-frame vehicle. So what does this mean? A ladder frame is a type of ...

Mucking about YouTube, I've found a bunch of truck comparison videos. Usually it seems to be "My truck is better, here's why." For varying definitions of "truck" and "why." One that confused me ...

Polestar unveiled the bonded aluminum chassis that will underpin the Polestar 5, which is a production evolution of the Precept concept and will be the automaker’s flagship model. The company claims ...

The maker collective curv lab spent six months developing a fully 3D-printable chassis for RC cars. Early prototypes quickly exposed weaknesses: drivetrain components failed under load, the suspension ...

Change comes slowly to some British automakers. The original Land Rover, for instance, came out in 1948 and soldiered on with minimal changes until 2016. The first-generation Mini Cooper debuted in ...