If that’s too big a commitment, you can look around for a used Beetle engine. You might find one of those for less than ...

Happy Holidays from the Best of Car Talk! We had our eye on a really ugly holiday sweater for you, but they didn’t have your size. Instead, we thought you might like to take a break from all the ...

The cheapest car on the market right now, the Nissan Versa, supposedly has automatic braking, forward and backward. How do I know if it is actually working, and that I can trust it? The consequences ...

I do volunteer trail work in the Cascades with a crew. Yesterday, my tire pressure light went on while I was going out to work. I pulled off the road and looked at everything and neither heard nor saw ...

Darlene's Daughter Has an old Volvo that's overheating. On a recent trip she pulled over when the dash light came on and, lacking any water, added a few bottles of her favorite carbonated beverage.

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2022 Ford Explorer Platinum with the 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6. It has 15,000 miles on it. When I start it up cold, it blows a cloud of white smoke out the tailpipes — a very ...

I’ve always loved your radio show (now Car Talk podcast), and even visited your office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, once. You weren’t there. Your staff said you were busy with your second afternoon ...

Car Talk, a leading automotive authority, distributes Golden, Silver, and Bronze Wrench Awards for excellence in the industry to help consumers make wise decisions. Car Talk’s rating methodology for ...

After several years off the air, Ray Magliozzi is taking calls again for NPR’s Car Talk. For decades, Ray and his brother Tom helped listeners over the air with car issues via the syndicated show. Now ...

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid AWD with 43,000 miles on it. On day one of a four-day drive from Maine to Texas, I developed a slow leak in one of my tires, losing about 15 psi ...

This is the third article in a series reflecting on enduring findings from Audience 98, one of the major studies that helped public radio grow into the significant public service it is today. Doug ...