MORAINE, Ohio—Nathaniel Taste left a career helping manage a Wal-Mart store for an entry-level job with an auto-parts maker lured here by the booming U.S. car industry. His transition points to the ...

High interest rates and expensive new-car financing are pushing drivers to repair, not replace, lifting demand for aftermarket parts. The U.S. vehicle fleet is aging, expanding the industry’s ...

Working on a rusty car sucks for a lot of reasons. You’re often battling with crusty parts that, in severe cases, break away in your hands and leave you with more work than you anticipated. The worst ...

Rust removal has been my specialty (out of necessity) ever since I moved to Michigan in 2013. My normal method for getting rust off my cars is simply to lightly blow on their chassis or to drive over ...