The fruits of car designers’ efforts are often revealed at vehicle launches with all the ceremony of a fine-art unveiling.

The retractable steering wheel frees up space in front of the driver and will debut in the Tensor Robocar ...

Also known as four-wheel steering (4WS) or all-wheel steering (AWS), integral steering is a technology featured only on some vehicles that improves maneuverability and stability while driving at both ...

You probably don’t think much about your car’s steering. It’s all muscle memory, and once you’ve gotten used to your car, there’s not much muscle or brainpower required to steer it. That is until your ...

The steering wheel is one of those instruments we pretty much take for granted. I mean, who ever heard of a car without such a thing? Just think about it: when buying a new vehicle, all of us bring ...

The first week of June is like spring break for many truckers, who view it as a great week to take a vacation. That's when the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance stages its annual 72-hour inspection ...

A vehicle's steering system is called upon to perform reliably and without issue mile after mile. The linkage connecting the steering box to the knuckles is serviceable. Equipped with grease fittings, ...

Rack-and-pinion steering is somewhat different from the steering boxes we looked at in last month's issue. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that it combines the steering box and tie rod, or ...

From Junior TT bikes, the Yamaha GTS tourer and even Moto2 (thanks to the short-lived Vyrus entry), turning the front wheel ...

Okay. I’ve had enough. I’ve run my mouth about burble tunes and other senseless car modifications, but the phenomenon of the cut steering wheel is one that I can’t fathom in any way. For most of this ...

Contrary to what many vehicle enthusiasts wish were the case, the steering response in a vehicle is rarely something the driver has the option of changing. In most cases, it's a matter of simply ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...