One thing lots of drivers hate. Finding a fresh scratch on their ride’s smooth paint job. Maybe it came from flying pebbles, smacking into foliage, or someone bumping your door with keys truth is, ...

CARS.COM — Maintaining a black car’s exterior is an intimidating experience considering a single finger swiped across the paint can show a noticeable blemish. Cars.com’s long-term 2013 Subaru BRZ test ...

Until very recently, the people who need to test the scratch resistance of a car's paint had just two popular options, and both were kind of silly. The crockmeter involves moving a robotic finger over ...

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We’re sorry to break it to you this way, but no matter how careful a driver you are, you’re going to end up with scratches on your car. Whether you run into a ...

NuraFix is a nano-based car spray designed to reduce the visibility of surface scratches, scuffs, abrasions, and cosmetic paint imperfections while simultaneously applying a protective hydrophobic ...

Senior Research Editor Damon Bell uses a ceramic car-care product to polish out paint issues in our 2025 Toyota 4Runner. Damon also explains why the paint on the 4Runner’s lower body has a ...

I bought a new car over the summer and then endured a minor mishap, requiring a quick repair that I covered in this story. I referred to scratch repair in that guide, so I thought I'd revisit my ...