It's a well-known fact that cars with unibody construction—aka unit body, subframe, or stub frame design—are designed to satisfy an automaker's need for both strength and low manufacturing cost. Yet ...

For generations automobiles were of body-on-frame construction, which dated back to the humble horse and buggy. Frames were built separately from the body, and then the two joined in a place on the ...

When I bought my 2000 Jeep Cherokee for $500 a few years back, I thought I'd scored the deal of the century. The vehicle had just two previous owners, 80,000 miles on the engine, and what looked like ...