If you’ve ever driven a bumper car at an amusement park, you’ve probably noticed its eponymous feature: the bumper. Designed to absorb impact, the rubber ... foam and (3) a metal bumper ...

If your Corvette was made in the last 38 years or so, it has a rubber bumper on both ends. OK, it's actually a urethane flexible bumper cover, but rubber bumper makes a better sounding title for ...