Battle of the Mid-Priced Hot Hatches: VW Golf GTI vs. Hyundai Veloster N
It’s harder than ever these days to find a fun and affordable hot hatchback that lets you get out there and carve some mountain roads. What with the movement of manufacturers towards more trucks and...
View ArticleSpy Photos: Upcoming Rally-Inspired, Lifted Porsche 911 Safari?
Jacked-up 911s that can take their driver anywhere are only becoming more popular. As such, we were shocked to come across this manufacturer-owned Porsche 911 Safari prototype car sporting considerably...
View ArticleTeam Nitto Dominates At Ultra4 Nitto Tire Nationals; Vaughn Gittin Jr....
To be at the top of one's game, you have to have serious dedication, a team of great supporters and a willingness to push harder than your competitors. Team Nitto has had that from the very beginning...
View ArticleThe 1966-1970 Oldsmobile Toronado Introduced Muscle Car Fans To Big Block...
For a company that dominated car sales in the 1960s, General Motors took a lot of risks when it came to developing new vehicle designs. Never content to stand pat on its overwhelming market share, GM...
View ArticleThe Classic S197: Why the 2005-2009 Mustang GT is the Choice for Budget...
Typically an enthusiast car goes through several stages in its life. It starts off being new and fresh with the latest and greatest. Then it becomes a used car option, delivering most of the appeal of...
View ArticleThe Slow Burn: A ’78 Chevy C10 That was Decades in the Making
As a guy who has spent the last 30 years or so in the trenches buying, building and selling custom cars of all kinds, Joey VanDuser was recently on the prowl for the next big project. “I’ve always been...
View ArticleFrom GT Racing to the Off-Road Trail: Nissan’s VK56 Is the Original Japanese...
Japanese automakers may not be known for building legendary V8 engines in the same way their American counterparts are, but they have still built some impressive large displacement engines over the...
View ArticleMeet Steeda's Hopped-Up Version of the F-150 Raptor
"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." —Doc Brown, Back to the Future (1985). The same also holds true for the Steeda F150 Raptor Edition. It don't need no stinking roads. What it does need...
View ArticleThe History Of The Ford 9-Inch Rear End, Off-Road And Racing's Most Hardcore...
Some of the most durable and legendary driveline components have incredibly long histories. This is particularly true in the world of rear ends and axles, where designs like the Dana 44 have been...
View ArticleXJ Cherokee: This Groundbreaking 4x4 SUV is An Affordable Modern Classic (For...
With the simultaneous rising prices of vehicles new and old and collector interest in newer and newer models, it’s never been harder to find affordable examples of vehicles with large enthusiast...
View ArticleBronco Mania is Coming: Ford Previews A Variety of Custom Builds for SEMA 2021
It's been clear from the very moment we first learned that Ford was bringing back the Bronco nameplate, as a rival to Jeep Wrangler, that widespread aftermarket support would be a big part of the...
View ArticleAll-Electric Off-Roading, Part 1: Why You Should Go Overlanding in an...
There is no question that electric and alternative fuel cars and trucks are the future of personal and commercial transportation with every major automotive manufacturer investing heavily in the...
View ArticleFredric Aasbo Wins Second Formula Drift Championship at Irwindale Speedway!
The last event of the 2021 Formula Drift season was at the famous Irwindale Speedway in Southern California. Some of the most amazing championship battles have been fought at this track over the years,...
View ArticleAmerican Exotic: The 2023 C8 Corvette Z06 is an 8,600RPM 670hp Naturally...
When Chevrolet debuted the radically redesigned, mid-engined C8 Corvette for the 2020 model year, the consensus was (and still is) that GM had built a more affordable, American take on the mid-engined...
View ArticleWhy The ’22 Duramax-Powered Silverado 1500’s Max Towing Increase Is A BIG Deal
There are a lot of news items to cover on the ’22 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, but the one that isn’t necessarily making all the headlines might be the most important. GM’s diesel-powered half-ton is now...
View ArticleThe 5 Worst Clone Trucks And SUVs Ever Built
If you've ever felt that there were certain trucks and SUVs on the market that looked exactly like others, you probably weren't wrong. The auto industry has a long-standing tradition of building clone...
View ArticleFord Gives Vaughn Gittin Jr Free Rein with a Mustang Mach-E 1400
When Ford gives a racer like Vaughn Gittin Jr free rein with a Mustang Mach-E, you know he'll take it to the limit. That's exactly what happened when the RTR Vehicles founder, motorsports champion, and...
View ArticleThree Wheelin’ Off-Road: Gas Monkey Garage Takes a New Direction on a 2021...
If you take a look at all the rides that Gas Monkey Garage has built over the years, you will quickly notice that Richard Rawlings and his crew do things differently. Once a little shop based out of...
View ArticleSleeper Express: A Daily Drivable, 1,000 HP Cummins-Powered Dodge Ram
It can tow the camper to the track, then unhook and run low 7’s in the eighth—or it can drive 300 miles to a dyno competition and lay down a four-digit number. In the winter, you can find it digging...
View ArticleBudget V8 SUV: The First Gen Sequoia is The Underdog Toyota Rig to Get
Even before the current situation which has seen the value of used vehicles shoot into the stratosphere, Toyota pickup trucks and SUVs from the 2000s have always been in high demand, with no shortage...
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