* Dan Roth recommended this one, a public art installation from the Seventies in Hamden, Connecticut, that features several cars partially buried and then covered in asphalt. Something something about commercialism. LEGO bricks are supposed to be square, right? And yet, somehow, the toymaker put together an 1,167-piece kit of one of the most-rounded vehicles […]
Remarkably, it appears almost unchanged from its early Nineties pastel-and-tweed “extreme” configuration. Most shorty VWs rely on the reduction in wheelbase as wow factor enough, but this 1971 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com used a cut-n-shut as the launchpad for a whole transformation into a doorless roadster kinda like a dune buggy but without […]
* We can’t discuss Gary Gabelich, as we did earlier this week, without raising the topic of the Budweiser rocket car land-speed record attempt of 1979. While Hal Needham’s venture in LSR didn’t result in a record, Hal did claim a spot in history as the first to go faster than the speed of sound […]
Like the four-wheel drive offerings from GMC and Chevrolet, NAPCO (the Northwestern Auto Parts Company) handled the conversion, ensuring that production line changes for Studebaker were minimal. Just over 350 four-wheel drive examples were built in total before Studebaker ended truck production entirely in early 1964, and it isn’t clear how many survive today. This […]
Where the ‘05 GT only had ABS and an operatic V8 to boast, the ‘15 GT brings Ford’s supercar legacy into the 21st century with a new turbocharged engine, refined aerodynamics, and 10 million lines of code in 28 processors and sensors that generate 300MB of data every second. The GT has finally left analog […]
German prosecutors are investigating former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn amid the dieselgate scandal, The Detroit Bureau reports. Winterkorn resigned after the scandal broke. Although the former CEO wasn’t implicated in the original scandal, Winterkorn and another unnamed Volkswagen executive are being investigated for potentially waiting to disclose the problem to investors. If so, the action […]
On Monday, June 6, a Subaru WRX STI with a custom engine, custom suspension, custom wheels, custom aerodynamics, custom roll cage, and one focused rally driver—Mark Higgins edition—stormed the 37.73-mile-long Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) course at an average speed of 128.73 mph. That translates to a lap time of 17 minutes, 35 seconds, […]
Garage Italia Customs, led by Lapo Elkann, has just completed a new, tailor-made project. Based off the current Fiat 500 Convertible, the 555RR receives a heavy dose of Diesel brand style and spirit. Created for Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel, the 555RR features a sleek black exterior color with silver glitter and matte/shiny effect […]
Is a Tesla Model S a boat? We’ve known the Tesla has a propensity for “ludicrous” acceleration for quite some time, but the question of whether or not the car is indeed a boat has long escaped the most brilliant minds of our time. Thankfully, one intrepid amateur scientist from Kazakhstan finally deciphered the enigma. […]
American University’s Kogod School of Business has just released its annual Made in America Auto Index study, which determines, among other things, how much a vehicle contributes to the U.S. economy. Not surprisingly, topping the list are domestic brands like Chevrolet and Ford, while Japanese and German companies dominate the bottom. Kogod’s data is different than […]
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