Benny Kirk
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The Cirrus Vision SF50 Private Jet Inspired a GTA V Icon, This One's For Sale
9 Oct 2022, 19:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Before GTA Online was oversaturated with laser-cannon-wielding jet fighters and physics-defying hovercars, the Buckingham Vestra twin-engine private mini jet was perhaps the most fun unarmed airplane to fly in the game. With jet-powered speed and m...
This 11-Year Old Ferrari 599 SA Aperta is a Million Dollar Car, But Why?
9 Oct 2022, 18:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's easy to understand why flagship Ferrari hypercars are million-dollar vehicles. But a decade-plus old 599? It's a lovely car in its own right, but that sounds kind of absurd. But don't be fooled. This isn't an average 599 G...
Rich Benoit Fights Back Against Fake EPA Letter, Lawyers Up to Save His Cummins Swap Tesla
8 Oct 2022, 20:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When Rich Benoit of Rich Rebuilds said he wanted to take a salvaged Tesla Model 3 and trade its EV drivetrain for a Cummins Diesel, we had all the confidence that he could pull it off. But as progress maintained steady over the last several months,...
Another Revolution Could Reveal the Secrets of the Elusive Iranian F-14 Tomcat
8 Oct 2022, 00:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Iran might be on the precipice of a profound change. Recent protests in response to suspicious deaths of Iranian women in police custody have left the country's leadership in disarray. The country seems to be in a similar state to the one from...
NASA Supercomputer Theorizes the Moon May Have Formed in a Few Hours, Details Inside
7 Oct 2022, 21:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As far as we know, the exact origins of the Moon are a total mystery. Every civilization in recorded history has its own theory. Still, NASA and the science community at large are in search of more concrete facts than what can be derived from ancie...
Boom's Supersonic Airliner is In Big Trouble, Here's Why History is Not on Their Side
7 Oct 2022, 19:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you know anything about supersonic passenger airliners, you'll know only one of them managed to be any good at their job. That being the Anglo-French Concorde, an airplane that hasn't flown in almost two decades. As of late 2022, the o...
Douglas DC-7: A Landmark Piston Engine Airliner Defined By One Tragic Incident
7 Oct 2022, 18:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Hundreds of different passenger airliners have gone into service in the last century-plus. Only a handful went on to be remembered in any substantial way. But the Douglas DC-7 sure did, if not always for the right reasons. If you're aware of i...
Can't Afford a Brand New GMC Sierra HD? This 1996 Model Will Satisfy for Less
7 Oct 2022, 00:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Earlier today, GMC unveiled the all-new 2024 Sierra Denali Heavy Duty Ultimate. Considering that's bound to be a $40,000 vehicle at the bare minimum every day of the week, that basically puts it out of the price range of most sensible people. ...
A Closer Look at the New GMC Sierra HD Ultimate, a Common Man's Truck In Layers of Luxury
6 Oct 2022, 22:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Get used to it, you purists out there. The lines between the average workman's pickup truck and a luxury car are blurring more and more as each year passes. If you lament how new trucks feel obliged to be trimmed like Bentleys on the inside an...
Hendrick Performance 2010 Camaro T/A LSX 454 is the Meanest Camaro Race Car on Earth
6 Oct 2022, 19:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The 2010 model year Chevy Camaro may one day become an all-time future classic. Why? Well, it has a lot to do with a certain transforming robot called Bumblebee. But it's not the only reason, as is evident by this 2010 Camaro former NASCAR Cup...
This Cummins Shuttle Bus is YouTube's Favorite Mechanic's Next Project, Bound for RV Life
6 Oct 2022, 18:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / One of the bread-and-butter areas of interest for our readers at autoevolution is DIY camper conversions. There's something about taking a perfectly normal passenger or commercial vehicle and turning it into something you could eat, sleep, and...
This Porsche 914 Is Not a Volkswagen-Powered Ride, Packs Tesla Heart
4 Oct 2022, 22:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Porsche 914 is not a Volkswagen Beetle, at least not entirely. There were a fair amount of VW engines and other parts underneath the eloquent sports car body. Still, compared to the 911 of the day, the 914 is often the butt of people's uns...
Fully Restored 1969 Camaro 427 COPO Clone is Ready to Gap Sports Cars a Quarter Its Age
4 Oct 2022, 22:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Perhaps no combination of two nouns and a year post AD exists that's more invigorating than Chevrolet Camaro and 1969. That was the year the Camaro cemented its legacy as an all-time great American automobile. Even bare-basic models with s...
STS-93: The Wild Story of the Space Shuttle Mission That Hauled the Heaviest Payload
4 Oct 2022, 20:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / By virtue of its nearly unparalleled power and speed, it's easy to make the correlation between the American Space Shuttle and an exotic supercar like a Ferrari or a McLaren. But if you asked an ex-NASA Shuttle Program engineer which automotiv...
The Peregrine Falcon is a Fighter Jet of the Animal Realm, How Does It Stack Up to an F-16
4 Oct 2022, 16:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We're fans of just about anything that goes crazy fast here at autoevolution, even if on the sneak, sometimes they have wings, a beak, and squawk. But the description of the world's fastest bird, or rather, the world's fastest animal...
Space Station Freedom: America's Idea For The World's Best Space Station Pre ISS
4 Oct 2022, 01:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Okay, here's the scoop if you haven't been paying attention. Russia decided to have a big boogaloo in Ukraine early this year, then promptly dropped their support for the International Space Station once their obliged work concludes in 20...
GM Shocks Toyota, Snipes Q3 2022 US Market Sales Crown
3 Oct 2022, 20:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As first reported by Reuters, General Motors has announced they've outsold their arch rivals at Toyota in total sales in the United States after estimates first pegged the company greatly at the hands of inflation. Though no automaker's b...
Artemis I Just Fine After Superstorm Ian, Launch Window Set for mid November
3 Oct 2022, 19:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After three consecutive launch scrubs for a multitude of sometimes head-scratching reasons, NASA's Artemis I mission and its SLS booster rocket are due to depart the Vehicle Assembly Building one more three-mile (4.8 km) trip to Launch Pad 39B...
Sleeper 1971 Chevy Nova's Drab, Brown Exterior Hides Modern 350 Small Block Power
3 Oct 2022, 17:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's something about the late 60s and early 70s Chevy Novas that makes them profoundly different than American muscle car coupes from the day. Perhaps it's that in a generation where oversized cars were the norm, the comparatively smal...
Sixty Years Ago Today, Wally Schirra Orbited Earth Six Times Aboard Mercury-Atlas 8
3 Oct 2022, 15:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the era of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Artemis I, it can be easy to forget rocket science is, well, just that. Before our modern understanding of the ins and outs of spaceflight, pioneers like Walter (Wally) Marty Schirra took leaps of faith aboard...