Most of the time, the cheapest way to get a complete engine/transmission setup with all the harnesses, computers, and other bits that make an engine swap work is to buy a wrecked or ugly donor vehicle ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. St. Valentine’s Day should be regarded as the official national holiday of mood ...

While some cars live long lives as collectibles, others are doomed to the scrap heap. This might sound harsh, but some new cars are just dead on arrival. There are some cars that somehow made it onto ...

While some cars spend decades in junkyards waiting to be saved or to become donor vehicles, others don't get that lucky and end up in the crusher. This 1987 Bentley Mulsanne had a similar fate and ...

A Sanford, Maine, company that crushes cars faces thousands of dollars in fines from charges that it spilled oil and hazardous waste at a half-dozen sites around southern Maine. Lin-Cor Environmental ...