Top 5 Affordable Automotive TV and Movie Icons
For some of us, our passion for cars was ignited by a certain TV show or movie we saw as a kid, where a unique vehicle played a starring role that would kick start a lifetime of gearhead fun. Looking...
View ArticleUltimate Callout Challenge 2018: Dyno Competition
After an impressive showing at the drag strip on Day 1, the action shifted to the chassis dyno for Day 2 of the 2018 Ultimate Callout Challenge. Each competitor was pitted against Northwest Dyno...
View ArticleRolls Royce Cullinan: The World's Most Luxurious Off-Roader?
There is just no escaping the SUV wave. Whether it’s Ford shifting its entire lineup away from cars toward crossovers or supercar brand Lamborghini introducing its own high performance SUV, you just...
View ArticleTop 5 Cars From Wekfest Japan 2018
Wekfest celebrates its fifth year in Japan with a show that attracts some of the top cars from the land of the rising sun. Outside of Japan, Wekfest has hit a big milestone of continued success, being...
View ArticleSomething For Everybody: AutoCon LA 2018 [Gallery]
Every year when the temperatures rise across the U.S., the spring car show season rolls in. Projects that have been torn down and revamped all winter get their first proper washes in anticipation of...
View ArticleShizuoka Hobby Show: The Coolest Car Event You've Never Heard Of
If you head west out of Tokyo on one of Japan's speedy bullet trains, you'll soon find yourself in Shizuoka Prefecture—home to a beautiful stretch of coastline and Mt. Fuji, among other notable...
View ArticleUltimate Callout Challenge 2018: Sled Pull Coverage
After countless sub-10-second passes at the drag strip and some downright unworldly horsepower and torque numbers being produced on the dyno, expectations were high heading into the final event of...
View ArticleUltra4 Metalcloak Stampede 2018 [Gallery]
In what was one of the most exciting short course races in Ultra4 history, Wayland Campbell crossed the line first, just ahead of fellow Team Nitto driver Cody Addington, and Levi Shirley, his rival...
View ArticleTrail Tested: 2018 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon JL Review [Video]
When it comes to out-of-the-box off-road capability, none do it better than Jeep. In 2003, Jeep launched its most serious off-road package to date: the Rubicon. Fit with front and rear selectable...
View ArticleWayland Wins Again: Ultra4 Metalcloak Stampede 2018 Recap
Picking up right where he left off last season, Team Nitto driver Wayland Campbell took the checkered flag at the 2018 Metalcloak Stampede in Prairie City, Calif. In a day of drama and feel-good...
View ArticleKristaps Bluss Conquers the Road to the Championship at Formula Drift Atlanta
The third stop on Formula Drift’s eight-event 2018 tour landed teams at the same track that birthed the series 15 years ago: the famed Road Atlanta racetrack in Braselton, Georgia. Thirty drivers...
View ArticleTexas Heat: Street Car Takeover Dallas [GALLERY]
Recently, we headed to Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas to catch up with our friends at Street Car Takeover for a full day of high-octane motorsports on the drag strip. Anything from muscle cars to late...
View ArticleClassic NASCAR Tech on the Streets: The Curious Case of the GM Aerocoupes
During the late-1960s and early-1970s, the American manufacturers participating in NASCAR engaged in a brief but visually exciting aero battle with each other on tracks across the country. The most...
View ArticleDriver Battles Episode 4: Integra Type R vs. E36 BMW M3 [Video]
Taking Driver Battles to Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, we match two of the most evenly cars we've ever had. The Acura Integra Type R versus E36 BMW M3 go head-to-head for best track time and bragging...
View ArticlePath to the Top: 7 U.C.C. Competitors Choose Nitto
The 2018 Ultimate Callout Challenge saw 50 trucks compete in three of the most popular forms of diesel motorsports: drag race, chassis dyno and sled pull. Between the main attraction (U.C.C.) and the...
View ArticleNever Lift in the Lone Star State: Street Car Takeover Dallas
This past weekend, we touched down in Dallas to see first-hand what the Texas street car scene was all about. You’ve seen our coverage of Street Car Takeover’s events presented by Nitto Tire in...
View ArticleTurbo Takeover: 2019 Chevy Silverado gets Boosted Four-Cylinder
These days there are turbochargers everywhere. From base model economy cars to hypercars, there aren’t many segments of vehicles that don’t offer turbocharged engines.Next to join the list is the...
View ArticleGet Ready: Auto Enthusiast Day 2018 Is Coming
On Saturday June 30, 2018, Nitto Tire is again taking over the Angel Stadium parking lot for their event full of show cars, camaraderie and drift demo madness: Auto Enthusiast Day. This year is poised...
View ArticleThe Record Breaker: Porsche 919 EVO Tribute Tour
The Porsche 919 LMP stormed onto the World Endurance Championship tracks in 2014 after two years of developing the complicated hybrid-drive system. Porsche’s traditional flat-6 turbos were replaced...
View ArticleSleeper Wagon: The 1994-1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate
It's fitting that the full-size American station wagon—once the ruler of the turnpike, now a long-forgotten memory buried under the crashing wave of SUVs, minivans and crossovers—received a Viking...
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