Rear fender skirts certainly make a car appear sleek and extremely aerodynamic. So it is just a matter of time before they become standard equipment on all cars, right? The short answer: No.

The half-hidden rear wheels, tucked under fender skirts, were part of its plan all along. Over a decade later, the Tesla Model S smashed that record by the smallest of hairs: just point zero one.

Just add fender skirts. Popular on postwar Studebakers and Nashes, the widespread use of the fender skirt ended with the 1996 GM B-Body cars (with the exception of the 94+ Caprice and Impala).

No, wait, hold on. Kevin McCauley-photographer extraordinaire, friend to our fair publication, and Frequently Bored Photoshop Guru-wants you to just think about it, ok? And why not? The original Honda ...

Q. I took in a car show and watching and listening to observers’ comments, I couldn’t help but wonder whether the major auto designers did the same thing. I saw magnificent machines with ...

You’ve seen side vents before — we all have. They’re the little inlets on the side of a car, usually between the front fender and front door. In some applications, like the BMW M3, they ...