The 1970’s were the golden age of the revered Pro Stock class, where “Factory hot rods” battled in exhilarating head-to-head duels. Back in those days, we hadn’t yet seen drag racing dominated by a single breed of Cheve; factory racing teams at Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, and American Motors all actively threw massive cash into […]
Bypassing Detroit: How a Dealer-Driven Engine Swap Redefined Muscle Car Performance
Detroit’s muscle car era was all about power, but corporate rules, regulations, insurance pressure, and divisional competition limited what automakers could offer. Engine and emissions restrictions also kept many cars from reaching their full potential. By the early 1970s, racers and muscle car builders discovered they could modify these cars for much greater performance. Chevrolet […]
Which RV Brands Are Actually Reliable? The Top Names That May Not Be Worth Your Money
The variety of RVs available to buyers today is so vast that savvy owners know that the floor plan and handsome interiors are only a part of the puzzle. Actual build quality, integrity, reliability, warrantee details and post sale support can have a huge impact on you the time the RV is exposed to repeated […]
Two-Seater Roadsters That Proved Small Sports Cars Mattered Before Modern Performance Cars Took Over
It turns out that one of the most interesting innovations in the world of lightweight sports cars comes late twentieth century. During that time, car companies saw that changing safety regulations, new customer demands and increasing Competition From increasingly powerful sports cars had the effect that a variety of new concepts came onto the market. […]
The Batmobile Through 8 Decades: How Batman’s Cars Went From Classic to Completely Extreme
The Batmobile, which since 1939 has appeared in comic panels and huge blockbusters alike, isn’t the Bat’s primary mode of transport. It’s, in itself, an iconic figure, having had a part to play across 80-plus years and it has developed along with the narratives it has become a part of, taking on every characteristic and […]
10 Road Cars Named After Famous Race Tracks: What Do Their Names Really Mean?
In the automotive world, carmakers are always searching for ways to inject pure excitement into their machines. While dropping a powerful engine under the hood is standard practice, giving a vehicle a legendary name can create an allure of success that lasts forever. A memorable name can connect a road car to a famous racing […]
Bugatti’s CEO Has a Warning for Supercar Fans: Is the V8 Era Really Coming to an End?
Looking at the current heights of automotive engineering, there is a subtle yet significant transformation taking place under the hood of the hypercar industry. While conventional commuter vehicles continue transitioning toward battery-electric architectures, the high-end performance machines take quite a divergent path. Mate Rimac, a 38-year-old CEO of Bugatti Rimac, predicts that the internal combustion […]
Which Car Type Survives a 600-Mile Road Trip Best?
A 600-mile round trip drive can serve as the quintessential American weekend getaway: packing up your family to drive to a national park, to visit relatives three states away, or to drive to a beach town on the coast is still close enough for you to desire a low fuel cost but still too long […]
12 Vauxhall Engineering Breakthroughs That Shaped Its Automotive History
Vauxhall was, of course, a brand known for intelligent design, radical styling and making usefully stylish and affordable motor cars for everyone, for most of the twentieth century and before that, as well. The company became renowned throughout the world for its innovative mechanics, the way it organised production and for making vehicles which were […]
10 BMW Concept Cars That Never Reached Production. What Stopped Them?
One cannot say that there is a lack of quality models by BMW. The company gained a great reputation throughout decades, producing amazing performance and luxury cars. Nevertheless, besides the successful production cars that the German manufacturer presents on its shelves, there is another interesting area experimental prototypes, engineering studies, and near-production models that BMW […]