The New Bird: This 1982 Review Shows Us Just How Far A Leap Forward The 3rd Gen Pontiac Firebird Was
When Ford rolled out their all-new 1979 Mustang, GM was kind of caught flat-footed. Their second-generation F-bodies had been soldiering on for the better part of a decade at that point and in public anyway, there wasn’t a whole lot of talk about replacing them. As the 1970s became the 1980s, GM worked feverishly on […]
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Watch The 1980s Monster Truck Excaliber Fail Miserably At Floating In A Quarry – InstaSink
You can almost hear the conversation. Two guys, likely jawing after a couple of beers talking about the merits of floating a monster truck on the water. One guy owns the truck and thinks it can float, the other just wants to see it sink and therefore launches into a full fledged attack on the […]
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We Drive It: The 2024 Infinity QX60 Autograph All-Wheel Drive – Can It Hang With It’s European Competitors?
The power of an automotive manufacturer badge is almost unparalleled in the world of consumer products. It can stand for so many different things, it can demand a premium price, it can also be an impediment to overcome, even with a fantastic product. When we were handed the keys to this 2024 Infinity QX60 Autograph […]
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We Drive It: The 2024 Dodge Hornet GT Plus Blacktop AWD -Brotherhood Of Muscle Where Art Thou?
It was an era we all knew was eventually going to end but when it did, it still felt crummy. The discontinuation of the last generation Charger and Challenger left a gaping hole in the domestic performance landscape, especially the one that loves its traditional V8 engine noises and power. The large question from virtually […]
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Watch The 1981 IMSA Kelly American Challenge Series From Lime Rock – Awesome Cars and Fender Banging Action
As much as Trans-Am cars get the credit for being a driving force behind the creation of the whole “pro touring” scene, we’d like to throw another idea at you. While the T/A machines certainly had everyone revved up, there was another racing series that used commonly seen American cars on road courses for many […]
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Awesome Gearhead Americana Photos: Building Roads, Sawing Logs, Junkyards, More
The Library of Congress has a massive and public archive of photos and slides that they have digitized over the decades. There are hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of photos and images. I went trolling through to see what cool stuff I could find and boy, did I ever! From huge logging trucks in the […]
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King Of The Early 1990s: This Review Of The 1994 Infinity Q45 Shows Why 1990s Luxury Cars Were Best
When the Japanese brands began their onslaught on the hold of European car makers for control of the luxury market in the USA circa the 1990s, some great cars were the result. Acura, Lexus, and Infinity all brought the heat and changed the game in short order back then. While Lexus certainly emerged as the […]
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Driven In Anger: Watch John Surtees Drive A Honda RA300 V12 F1 Car Like He Is In His Prime!
Ok, this is phenomenal. You are about to watch the legendary John Surtees attack the hill at Goodwood in a screaming V12 Honda RA300 Formula One car, just like the ones he raced in during his prime. As many of your know, Surtees is the only guy (still!) to have ever won the world motorcycle […]
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Fun Watch: This Look Back At The Maserati Quattroporte Is Informative and Convincing As To Just How Good It Was
It’s always fun to learn the stories behind the stories of cars that we either didn’t care much about when they were new or never knew they existed in the first place. In this case the subject is the Ferrari Quattroporte and the host is Jason Cammisa. The huge sedan was absolutely bad ass in […]
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A Legend In His Own Words: This Feature On Smokey Yunick Is So Awesome As He’s The One Telling The Stories
There’s few things more awesome than seeing old video of a legend telling their own stories. Yes, this is a relatively short clip, lasting a total of about five minutes but it’s fantastic as we get to hear Smokey Yunick talk about his racing career and accomplishments. We’re pretty sure that this video comes from […]
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