There was a time in the glorious history of Planet Piston when SUV stood by what it meant – Sport Utility Vehicle. Then they went mushy and soft and drove more commonly to the beautician than to the ...

Diabetes is a condition that impairs the body’s ability to process blood glucose. There are several types, including type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Each type requires a different approach ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

In a discussion of old-body style (OBS) Chevy pickup trucks, it's inevitable that the term "Square Body" will surface at some point. Chevrolet introduced the third generation of its C/K lineup of ...

Richard's lifelong automotive journey started at an early age with building model cars. Upon getting his drivers license (and many, many speeding tickets), plastic models quickly morphed into the real ...

The Chevy Camaro was a rush job, a desperate attempt by GM to meet the challenge presented by the ludicrously successful Ford Mustang. The introduction of the Mustang in April 1964 caught virtually ...

After two decades of production, the third-generation 5.7 Hemi V-8 has amassed a solid reputation as Chrysler's bread-and-butter workhorse and high-performance platform. In that time, the company name ...

People used to say that the only good muscle cars come from around the year 1970s, but that opinion is changing rapidly. The Camaro IROC has become quite the collectible car thanks to a number of ...

For those who came of automotive age in the 1980s, there was only one Camaro to have: the IROC-Z. Chevrolet offered the IROC-Z trim model of the Z/28 from 1985 to 1990, its badge nodding to the ...

Many of today's performance engines use some form of cylinder deactivation technology to increase fuel economy. When cylinders are deactivated, the engine uses less fuel, but simply "turning off" the ...