Author: Search Auto Parts | Automotive News – Feature Articles

Air-cooled, water-cooled and red-hot: welcome to the Volkswagen aftermarket – both of them. It’s not a red state/blue state type of divide, but the distinction between air- and water-cooled VW cars and customers is definitely black an…

Although vintage 1960s muscle cars like the classic 1964 to 1966 Ford Mustang might be the hot ticket in today’s collector car market, these cars are nonetheless 40-year-old "antiques" by contemporary federal (DOT) lighting and safety s…

Let’s say your name is Joey Granatelli. Your dad is Joe, Sr., and you have two uncles, Vince and Andy. As a young boy you go to work every day with your father at STP Corporation in Santa Monica, California. STP is a 55-year-old company known f…

When John Milanovich, president of manufacturer RightPSI, worked in the world of finance, he assumed commodity prices such as steel would eventually go down. What he found instead was nothing short of an "eye-opener," he adds.

Economic challenges have led many consumers to keep an iron grip on their automotive parts spending, but not all aftermarket product categories have taken a major hit.

Several times a month, you probably come across something in your bay that has you stumped. You go to other techs in your shop, in your town and on the Internet. Well, some of your fellow techs are sharing their best tips to help your job go a …

After years of falling behind overseas automakers, the Big 3 are engaged in a game of high-tech catch-up regarding green, fuel-saving vehicles. The domestic void in the rapidly expanding field of mobile electronics – such as ecologica…