* If I’ve embedded this video right, it’ll be the first of several AMC Pacer commercials. Is that cowboy in line the same one from “Blazing Saddles?” Reader Gary Rynsburger sent us a link to the 1966 Chevrolet introduction video this week specifically for the camper truck chase scene toward the end, but we figured […]
It’s the type familiar to anyone with a remote-control car or a drone, but different from the chemistry that powers a human-size electric automobile. Axial Racing asked if I wanted to test its new Yeti Trophy Truck, a 1:10 scale 4×4. My answer was yes, because my interests and hobbies essentially haven’t changed since I […]
While pushing the bounds of what could plausibly be called “stock” cars, the companies raced—and sold to the public—some of the most outlandish cars ever built in Detroit. And one of the lesser known cars–the Charger 500–is also the rarest of the bunch. Many people are aware of the “Aero Wars” of 1969 and 1970 in […]
Whatever the engine under the hood, it’s a sharp bench-seat, column-shift-auto car that looks ready to cruise. From the seller’s description: Oddly, our sources for 1968 Mercurys show the 302 as the base V-8 engine that year (Fords could still get a 289 in 1968), but this 1968 Mercury Comet coupe for sale on Hemmings.com […]
The 23rd running of the American muscle-car-only event, now sponsored by Dark Horse Customs, takes place on Sunday, May 29, at Lebanon Valley Dragway in West Lebanon, New York. Summer is so close we can just about smell it, and in the Hemmings offices that’s a sure sign that Musclepalooza is back. Last fall’s Best […]
The 1940 Packard Royal roadster. Photos by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy Auctions America. Despite the mostly aluminum body, it tips the scales at 13,200 pounds, and its 2,500-cu.in supercharged Packard V-12 produces a reported 1,600 horsepower and 3,000 pound-feet of torque. The 1940 Packard Royal roadster, created by plus-size car builder Rodney Rucker, is perhaps the […]
I knew it wouldn’t be around forever, but that doesn’t make me any less sorry. I’ve really enjoyed every curve, every shift and every time the rear starts to slip when you flat foot in through first, second and third. All good things must come to an end, and so goes my time with […]
I recently took my four-year-old son to his preschool for morning drop-off. While I was getting out in the parking lot, one of the other moms whom I’m friendly with approached me. Alright, so here’s an amusing story to tell about our 2007 Dodge Charger SRT8. “I love your car!” she said, while rustling […]
On sale now at BMW dealerships, the 2016 X1 earned the award “after a redesign boosted its performance in the small overlap front crash test,” the IIHS said in a statement on Thursday. ARLINGTON, Virginia — The 2016 BMW X1 small luxury SUV earned the highest 2016 Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute […]
The projected May sales will be a 2.3 percent increase from April 2016, but a 5.8 percent decrease from May 2015. SANTA MONICA, California — May car sales may dip compared to a year ago, but Edmunds.com forecasts that 2016 is still on track to break last year’s record of 17.47 million new-car sales. “It’s […]
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