There are many tuning houses in the world, but few of them modify cars heavily enough to be officially classified as manufacturers by their respective governments. Germany’s Ruf is one such company, however, and this week they tossed us some … Continue reading
We’ll have to wait until next year to indulge in the next James Bond film, but last week’s mention of the Bentley Carte Blanche Special Edition got us talking about 007’s rides of choice, whether issued by Q Branch or … Continue reading
Last week’s Pass or Buy murdered-to-smithereens Toyota Corolla struck a note with most of you, be it death note or otherwise, and unanimously won a Buy vote. You’ll find today’s $500 candidate a night-and-day opposite from that old Corolla, and … Continue reading
Last Thursday, Elliot Handler died in his home of heart failure at the age of 95. You may not recognize the name, but there’s a good chance, if you were a child in the late sixties or any time after, … Continue reading
I’ll never have trouble recalling the episode of Friends in which that hapless Italian, Joey Tribbiani, tries to fake Porsche ownership and impress a pair of How-you-doin? hotties with a collection of officially licensed Porsche attire. Luxury car brand products … Continue reading
Last week I told you a little about Australia’s hoontastic V8 Supercars series, that mad, boisterous rumble pit that exemplifies everything we love about Australia. Well, break out your umlauts, because the Aussies aren’t the only hoons to race ridiculous … Continue reading
Welcome to Pass or Buy, our weekly poll concerning the best, worst, and most eccentric deals on the internet. Last week’s 197X Eldorette was a little too much fiberglass and velour for anyone to chew, and didn’t garner a single … Continue reading
The best heroes face defeat. Time and again they are beaten down, but get back up, wipe the blood from their eyes, and fight on. Washington-based SSC can relate. They’ve been dueling for years with Bugatti, builder of the current … Continue reading
For somewhere around 700 years, the Popular Science/Popular Mechanics twins have been featuring slick-drawn flying car concepts on their covers, probably to meet an annual quota. They paint a picture, sometimes quite literally, of our dream future, when we’ll finally … Continue reading
Australia. The homeland of hoonage. Aussies invented the term hoon, and it usually refers to someone who likes to generate tire smoke and noise, usually simultaneously. There are so many hoons in Australia, in fact, that their parliament has instituted … Continue reading
Welcome to our very first installment of Pass or Buy, the weekly feature where you get to vote on cars we’ve found for sale online. Hypothetically, would you pass or buy? Our inaugural subject comes from that favorite septuagenarian vacation … Continue reading
Once in a great while, you meet a remake, a modernization, or an homage so close in spirit to the original that they are almost one in the same. It’s like Michael Douglas, the Morgan 3 Wheeler, or the Coen … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I finished up the Dream Garage series, laying out in detail what dream cars I could actually afford and why I chose them. Part four covered the ideal tough toy, that rugged, go-anywhere truck or SUV … Continue reading
It was Halloween of last year, and neither a trick nor treat for fans of GM’s “Driving Excitement” brand, Pontiac. You can’t have excitement without risk, and risk was something GM just couldn’t afford. That’s why they killed Pontiac on … Continue reading
Todd Gartshore, co-founder and partner of Baer Brakes passed away suddenly on Sunday June 26th. Todd was truly one of the good guys of the industry, always willing to talk through whatever was on your mind, never rushing and always … Continue reading
