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You handed back a car with what looked like a few scratches. Then came a bill for more than $4,000. Suddenly, the protection plan you turned down at the dealership sounds like the best deal you never took. But before you decide you made a mistake, there’s a more pressing question: what, exactly, did you pay for?

When it comes to cargo space, reliability, and overall safety, these are three of the best new cars for college students. 

From Gucci interiors and floral roofs to airbags, CB radios and computer-controlled brakes, these unbelievable 1970s factory car options were completely real.

Your car was repossessed after just one missed payment. Learn how quickly lenders can act, what rights you have, and how you may get it back.

When the gold Oldsmobile rolled onto an Arizona auction stage, almost nobody knew what was about to happen. Even the owner expected a much smaller number. But this was not simply an old car. In fact, by every normal rule at General Motors, it should have disappeared decades earlier. But it didn’t...

With so many sizes and brands to choose from, buying new tires for your car can be stressful. Here are some great tips to watch out for when seeking tires.

The price was settled. The money was sitting in the bank. All that remained was handing over a check and driving home. Instead, the dealer rejected the payment and started pushing a loan nobody had asked for. That may be perfectly normal—or the moment this deal stopped smelling right.

Dive into the wildest cars ever built—vehicles so dangerously designed that governments were forced to intervene. From explosive compacts to rollover-prone SUVs, discover the shocking automotive missteps that changed safety laws forever in this fun, fast-paced look at the industry’s most infamous machines.