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Have a crack in the glass? Instead of letting it be a pain, check out our picks for best windshield repair kits here and keep that window in ship shape.

We continue our Rare Rides coverage of the unfortunate Lincoln Continental Mark VI today, and take a deep dive into its cobbled-together and frequently shuff…

We arrive today at the fifth installment of our Rare Rides Icons coverage on the Lincoln Mark series cars. Thus far we covered the first Continental of the late Thirties, and Ford's desire to go ultra luxury with the Mark II sold under the newly minted Continental Division. The Mark that debuted for the 1956 model year was Mid-century in its styling, built of top quality components, and constructed in a methodically controlled manner via a QC program that consisted of seven initiatives.It ...

If you thought having a car lift in your home garage was impossible, think again. Check out the best car lifts for a home garage here.

A few weeks ago, we concluded Abandoned History's two-part coverage of the Chrysler UltraDrive transmission. Within the comments was a request for more transmission coverage of an equally abandoned nature. Let it be so! Come along as we discuss the vast automatically shifted expanse that was the Turbo-Hydramatic transmission family, by General Motors.

In a captive import enterprise that began in 1979, Dodge sold Mitsubishi's compact pickup (aka Mighty Max in North America) to compete with the likes of the Ford (Mazda) Courier and the Chevrolet (Isuzu) LUV. Badged as the Ram 50, the truck was sold through two generations, 1979-1986 and 1987-1994. By the Nineties the second-gen was showing its age, and Dodge decided it would rather focus on its own midsize truck, the Dakota.But there was another captive import that arrived the very same ti...

We embark on the important and global tale of a subcompact hatchback today. Your author referenced it last week in Part I of our Kia large cars series, and now it's time for the promised comprehensive Rare Rides coverage! Manufactured in various places around the world, our subject vehicle lived a long life and had no fewer than 10 identities over its impressive 17-year span. We're going to party, karamu, Festiva, forever. 

Dodge's import truck story began in 1979, when the Mitsubishi Forte (or L200) arrived on North American shores, rebadged as the Dodge D-50 and Plymouth Arrow. The Ram 50 was refreshed in 1982, but was certainly due for replacement in 1987 when the second generation arrived.

Between the original Lagonda Rapide and blocky Seventies Lagonda was a missing link. It was called the Lagonda Series I, and is the rarest Aston Martin Lagonda ever made. And one is for sale.

Much like the V20 Toyota Camry covered by Rare Rides recently, Honda's CA generation Accord was a big, important step forward for Honda's mainstream sedan. Designed for a global market and manufactured in many different countries, the CA Accord put the nameplate on the minds of many a middle-market American consumer. Let's take a trip back in time, to when cars were still square.