They began their career as the stoic princes of hook-heavy New Wave. As their career progressed, they made the jump to pop radio in a big way. And then they were gone, sort of suddenly, before ...

The Cars tried to get back to basics with Door to Door, but they'd already lost the communal spark that made them superstars in the '80s. Released on Aug. 25, 1987, it remains their only non-Top 20 ...

If we were to judge The Cars by the success of their singles, it would appear the band hit their peak in the ’80s. But it’s hard to overstate the impact that their self-titled debut album had when it ...

"We used to joke that the first album should be called The Cars' Greatest Hits," guitarist Elliot Easton has often said, including in the liner notes for Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology in 1995 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ron Pownall/Getty Images The surviving members of The Cars are reportedly working on a ...

Elliott Easton welcomed summer with a spoof of one of his band’s most iconic album covers. In June 2025, the legendary The Cars guitarist posted to Instagram to share a Flintstones-themed version of ...

When news of Ric Ocasek’s death broke earlier this month, the range of artists who grieved publicly—Beck, Ice T, Nile Rodgers—showed the wide influence the Cars achieved as one of the most popular new ...

Ocasek’s hiccuppy vocals, deadpan delivery, edgy pop smarts, beatnik-poetry-inspired lyrics, and cool-cat persona helped make the Cars one of the most important bands not just of the ’70s and ’80s, ...