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He wore this Omega regularly until his death. But it’s part of a group of controversial items that Fangio’s heirs and foundation wishes wouldn’t be sold.

It’s charming. It’s VW-derived. It’s sporty. And like early Porsches, it’s from Austria. But it’s not a Porsche. 

The weird (seriously) history of gasoline octane ratings. Variable compression test rigs, crazy blending pumps, and more.

Connecting some nerd dots between a Mad Max obsession and Peter Arcadipane’s other work.

Alloy asks Jonny Lieberman what's good.

Gasoline grades, toxic octane-boosting chemicals, and fraud at the pump. For something so ubiquitous, there’s a lot going on with gas.

A suspension design often derided as archaic gets a clever tweak in a simple yet promising Stellantis patent.