The small mirror attached to your car's side mirror is called a blind spot mirror. It's usually a small convex piece of glass added to either corner of the main side-view mirror. Its purpose is to ...

If you've ever driven a car or closely observed someone else driving, you know how important the side mirrors are. They give the driver a clear view of what's behind on either side, which helps in ...

(upbeat music) Setting your rear view mirrors properly will ensure that you can always see what's behind your car. Even if you don't have a high tech blind spot monitor, or one of the new full-time ...

After buying their dream car, all owners risk having vehicle-related issues at some point. Although manufacturers always intend for them to last long, extensive usage and inevitable wear and tear make ...

It's the little things that can make or break how enjoyable one's customized classic truck is to drive. It all adds up, a bone-jarring automatic transmission, a clutch that requires two feet to shove ...

Every carmaker, if it could, would remove its cars' side-view mirrors. They're bulky, they ruin the car's shape, and they cause enough aerodynamic drag to noticeably affect EV range. Companies have ...

I wouldn’t have been trumpeting this five years ago, but it’s impossible to ignore today with our current mix of high-riding, super-bright, LED-equipped trucks and SUVs on the road. Automakers need to ...

I love to nerd out about car design, especially details that people might overlook or not focus on enough, so earlier this week I asked the Jalopnik audience to tell me about their favorite side-view ...

Modern high-tech safety features—automatic emergency braking (AEB), blind spot warning (BSW), lane departure warning (LDW)—have been very effective at preventing crashes, according to the Highway Loss ...