After the purchase of any new car, an opportunity to rust proof arises. Should you do it, or is it just a waste of money?

Steel is almost the perfect material to build a car with. Inexpensive, strong without being brittle, and a modulus of elasticity that allows it to take a beating without permanently changing shape, ...

YADKINVILLE, N.C. — Michelle Craft needed a new car. She did some shopping around and settled on a 2008 Ford Escape from a local dealership. The car had more than 160,000 miles on it, but it was ...

Frame rust is bad, that’s no secret. Anyone who’s shopped for an XJ Jeep Cherokee, second-gen Toyota 4Runner, or pretty much any Ford F-150 knows to look for signs offrame rust, as it can quickly ...

Some cars seem to dissolve into brown flakes while others stay solid for decades. I want to unpack why that happens, because rust is not just ugly, it quietly destroys structure and value. By tracing ...

Thinking about undercoating your car this winter? We break down the benefits, drawbacks, costs, and who actually needs the extra protection. Undercoating protects cars from rust by preventing moisture ...

Journalism is very much like assembling a puzzle. You start with the edges and their flat sides, then you look for similar patterns and put the pieces that have them together. Sometimes, there are ...

With India's monsoon season delivering humidity and winter bringing moisture and de-icing chemicals that accelerate corrosion, anti-rust coatings are becoming a must-have for keeping cars alive longer ...

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is not an exaggeration when referring to Corvette frames and other external steel automotive components. In fact, that oft-quoted 1:16 ratio is an ...