Joe Capraro

Host of Gradingtheworld.com, contributor at netflixlife.com; also movie/tv writer at Looper.com

At the Drive-In: Christine • 1958 Plymouth Fury

There are a lot of movies that feature cars, and some classics where the cars are the stars, from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Herbie The Love Bug...

Ford's New EV Charging Cable May Convert Skeptics

I will have to admit, I am one of those electric vehicle resistors (pun intended). I love the smell of inefficiently carbureted fuel and the sound an...

Lucid Air Named Motor Trend Car of the Year

Lucid became the first ever automaker to have their debut model named Motor Trend Car of the Year on Monday. The Air began shipping just last month...

Hamilton Tightens F1 Championship Race with Sao Paolo GP Win

Lewis Hamilton overcame two penalties totalling 25 grid places to win the São Paulo (formerly Brazilian) Grand Prix on Sunday by 10.5 seconds over...

Formula 1 vs IndyCar: What's the Difference?

The United States' auto racing identity has always been most closely linked with the stock cars of Junior Johnson, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, et....

Weekend Road Trips: Circling Lake Michigan

In my lifetime I have driven more than one million miles around the lower 48 United States. Weekend Road Trips is my way of sharing those experiences...

Rivian's Market Value Tops Ford and GM After Historic IPO

Electric vehicle maker Rivian saw its shares shoot from an initial price of $78 to a high of $116 during yesterday's trading, giving the 12-year old...

The Powell Homer: The Worst Car Never Made

The Story Automotive history knows many colossal lemons: the Edsel, the DeLorean, etc. Automotive fiction got perhaps its first, and...

Infrastructure Bill Means Road Improvements, EV Incentives

If you spend a lot of time on the roads of the United States, you have seen lots of crumbling concrete and subjected your suspension and posterior to...

Shade Tree Answer Man: Which Motor Oil is Right for my Car?

In the first installment of a weekly series designed to shed light on some of the mysteries of car ownership, the Shade Tree Answer Man will tell you...

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