Carmakers constantly tweak designs to cut costs or improve on how a component works. Why have some of them started using lug ...

In order to support something as heavy and fast-moving as an automobile, car wheels — from the best to the worst brands — need to be sturdy and secure. An essential element to achieve this are the lug ...

In what will surely go down in history as one of the most Galaxy Brain court rulings of all time, a Michigan appeals court determined that a tire rotation does not, in fact, include tightening the lug ...

Before you get a flat, know whether you have a spare tire and where it and your jack are located. Most spare tires cannot be driven at highway speeds and are just designed to get you to a tire shop.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Aftermarket wheel marketer Wheel Pros Holdings L.L.C. has acquired Amcor Industries Inc., the designer and distributor of Gorilla-brand automotive aftermarket lug nuts and wheel ...

Will they soon have the advantages of both lug- and rib-type tires? Automobile tires have changed so much that many engineers agree it's difficult, if not impossible, for motorists to predict winter ...

HYOGO, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has developed a technology that it claims can detect loose wheel nuts by analyzing wheel-speed signals generated by tire rotation. The technology — ...

A couple who creates car content reported getting tires from Discount Tire and happening upon a strange situation upon making that purchase. The video comes from Tyler and Marissa, who run the Out of ...

Everybody loves a shiny set of eye-catching wheels on a nice ride—including marauding thieves. If your vehicle spends the majority of the time parked on the street or in parking lots, investing in ...

Like most good ideas, it started with a basic sketch. The Next Gen car that debuts in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series has new features aplenty, not the least of which is the break from the long-standing ...

Continental's new low rolling resistance version of its deep lug drive tire, the HDL2 DL Eco Plus, has been verified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership .

A growing safety issue is that NASCAR's new wheel’s spokes are not able to contain the sparks flying from the air gun. Team owner and driver Brad Keselowski says the old wheel had a “really deep dish ...