The Volkswagen Jetta has sat alongside the Golf since 1979 as the hatchback’s slightly larger sibling. Whether your market called it the Jetta, the Bora, or the Atlantic, VW’s small sedan has been...
The W166 Mercedes-Benz ML & GL chassis existed as the key Sport-Utility offering for the Silver Arrow brand from 2012 through 2019. It entered production as the third iteration of the M-Class and ended production as the first GLE-Class following a mid-cycle rename and facelift in 2015. With...
BMW has always done a good job with its oil scavenging system while retaining the wet sump setup on BMW M cars, and the S55 is no different. While the S55 engine shares a lot of its basic engine block architecture with the non-M N55 engine, it uses an entirely different oiling system which does a...
The AMG brand has undergone several evolutions over the years dedicated to building the most developed Mercedes vehicles money can buy. Racing fame in the seventies gave way to the tuner boom of the eighties, where they captured the hearts and minds of many an enthusiast. Their acquisition by...
Engineers have been looking for ways to improve the internal combustion engine since its creation. Various reasons have spawned updates and evolutions, but these days, the general driver is efficiency. Greenhouse emissions are bad, and carbon-neutral modes of transportation don’t exist yet, so...
Mercedes has a long history of designing and developing their own automatic transmissions. Where many companies reach out to dedicated transmission manufacturers, you can find Mercedes units in American and German-made vehicles. The 722.9 was the go-to in the mid-’10s and is found in nearly every...
There’s a short list of vehicles that are certain to make you smile, get you around reliably, and go easy on your wallet. Somewhere near the top of the list sits VW’s pair of hotshot hatchbacks. After forty years of development, the GTI and the Golf R are refined, fun, and supremely capable in...
The E46 M3 has remained an icon of BMW’s M division since they reached owners in late 2000. With a screaming straight-six upfront, a six-speed manual in the middle, and drive sent to the wheels at the rear, it was an absolute force to be reckoned with as it beat supercars with double the sticker...
Sports cars and pickup trucks are at two ends of the automotive spectrum. One is the king of the everyday, utilitarian vehicle, designed to be used simply to move things around. The other is completely selfish, only benefiting whoever drives it as they use it for its intended purpose,...
All engine coolant is not created equal. In a similar fashion to engine oil, coolant is a complex mixture of chemicals and minerals designed to keep your engine running as cool as possible. Aluminum and cast iron, the most common engine block materials, require different properties from the...
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