I’ve heard of driving the wheels off of race cars but this is ridiculous. OK, bad Seinfeld impressions aside, Marco Andretti quite literally drove the wheels off of his NASCAR Truck at Circuit of the ...

A patent application recently filed by Ford describes a new electrified solid rear axle with electric motors built into the wheel hubs. In half-ton trucks, IRS is fine because it provides superior ...

When people see a car flipped over in an accident, they often react with a shudder and assume it’s pretty serious. Similarly, if you consider what happens when two cars hit head-on, you might assume ...

Downspeeding saves fuel, and with aerodynamics and tires continuing to improve, truck manufacturers are experimenting with still lower rear axle ratios. I recently took a ride in a Mack Anthem with an ...

"No plan survives first contact." A 19th-century Prussian field marshal coined that idea 100 years before Project CC Underbird's triangulated four-link rear suspension and 8.8-inch, Salisbury-style, ...

Detailing a rear axle is a major part of a Mustang concours restoration, right up there with the engine and the front suspension in complexity. There are so many parts, colors, codes, machined ...

The AMC Model 20 rear axle was at one time a common component in Jeeps, some American Motors cars, and as IFS/IRS differentials in the Hummer H1. Easily identified by a round cover with 12 bolts, ...

Ford is recalling more than 238,000 Explorers in the U.S. because a rear axle bolt can fail, potentially causing a loss of drive power or allowing the SUVs to roll away while in park. The recall comes ...

Ford sold no fewer than 827,278 utility vehicles in the United States of America last year. Of those, the Explorer is the king of the hill, with 219,871 deliveries to its name. Redesigned in 2019 for ...

When any product has been in continuous production for decades on end, change or lack of it can become extremely controversial. This is especially true when the product in question is a sports car.