You may be inclined to drive a brand-new car just like the one you’re replacing it with. However, there are some steps you should take to ensure that its heart—the engine—will live a long and reliable ...

Properly breaking in a new vehicle isn’t as straight forward as getting in, starting it up, and peeling off the lot. For most vehicles, especially those powered by internal combustion engines, certain ...

Buying a brand-new 2025 Chevy Equinox is an exciting experience, and most customers will feel eager to jump behind the wheel and just hit the road. However, before we start planning that long-distance ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While technology has made life more complicated than ever, it's also arguably better in many regards. So too is the case for engine building, ...

Modern engines leave the factory far tighter and cleaner than they did a generation ago, but the first few hundred miles you put on a new car still shape how that powertrain feels years later. The ...

I obsessed over the engine break-in period when I got my first new car back in 2000. The owner's manual said to avoid hard acceleration and braking for the first 1,000 miles, and it all had to do with ...