Rear-axle steering, also known as rear-wheel steering or four-wheel steering, is an automotive technology designed to improve a vehicle's handling and maneuverability. By allowing the rear wheels to ...

Rack and pinion steering is commonly used in modern vehicles to facilitate steering control. It involves a gear assembly consisting of a rack (a straight bar with teeth) and a pinion gear (a small ...

Modern vehicles rely on a host of fluids to send us down the road. Some, like engine oil and coolant, are well-known, while others, like differential fluid, are less-familiar to average motorists.

If you've ever tried to steer a modern car or truck while it's powered off and shifted into neutral, you know how much more difficult it is to turn those front wheels than it is when the engine is ...

It's a simple, but ingenious, anti-theft device: Turn off the car, and the steering wheel locks in place. Can't drive what you can't steer! The way the system works is when you pull out the key or ...

Mercedes will begin equipping its cars with drive-by-wire tech as early as next year. It will show off the tech by also making a yoke steering wheel available to owners. The automaker says that the ...

Like any self-respecting concept car, Peugeot's new Polygon has its share of crazy designer catwalk madness. So you'd be forgiven for inferring its oblong steering-'wheel', without any physical ...