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We will be at Automechanika Frankfurt from 8 to 12 September 2026. Here is why we go, and how to arrange a meeting with the team while we are there.

Type in the number from your old part and you get three different numbers back, plus a few supersedes notes. Here is what all those car part numbers actually mean, and how to order the right one every time.

Summer hides a car's weak points. Autumn finds them. Here's a half-hour checklist you can run on the driveway, from the battery to the brakes, so nothing lets you down when the weather turns.

Four labels, often the same-looking part, sometimes very different prices. Here's what genuine, OE, OEM and aftermarket really mean, and how to pick the right grade for your car.

Counterfeit parts are a bigger problem than most drivers realise, and the people making them have got good at it. Good enough that a fake brake pad or filter can sit on a shelf next to the real thing.

Just when the automotive industry thought it had left semiconductor shortages in the rearview mirror, Volkswagen is once again grappling with a critical chip crisis. This time, however, the culprit isn't a pandemic—it's geopolitics.