Benny Kirk
1,648 ARTICLES
Geo Metro Convertible: An Awful But Adorable Drop-Top You Can't Help But Love
25 Jun 2022, 15:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Convertible cars are built to serve several secondary functions besides having a top that flops up and down. The first of these functions is to bring the driver closer to the outside elements. But the lesser third function is to convey an air of po...
Not All Convertibles Are Destined for Greatness, This 1985 Cavalier Is Classic Proof
24 Jun 2022, 03:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Not every drop-top convertible is bound to be a classic of its generation. Some convertibles throughout history have even managed to be downright forgettable. Just take this 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier Type 10 Convertible we found for sale. For thos...
Grumman Biplanes, the Predecessors of the American Navy's Flying Cats
24 Jun 2022, 02:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is history's most iconic naval jet fighter. There, we said it. But there would be no Tomcat, and no Top Gun, if not for an airplane type that staked Grumman's claim as the U.S. Navy top choice: bi-plane fighters. ...
Nissan Wouldn't Let Doug DeMuro Test The Murano CC, He Found One Anyway and Roasted It
23 Jun 2022, 19:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We love convertibles, spyders, and open-tops of all kinds here at autoevolution. That's why we dedicated the entire month of June to highlighting some of the landmark convertibles that throughout history made real impacts on their market segme...
This 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse is an Iconic Convertible of the Millennial Generation
22 Jun 2022, 09:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We're fans of the Mitsubishi Mirage around these parts. We love it for being an honest, affordable, and surprisingly capable little family car. But let's be real, the Mirage doesn't represent the peak of Mitsubishi, not by a long sho...
Elon Musk Needs to Shut Up About Dogecoin and Focus on SpaceX and Tesla
22 Jun 2022, 08:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Elon Musk is a man who doesn't give a rat's you-know-what about what anybody thinks about him. He can and has, in the past, manipulated the lives and whims of millions by simply talking about an altcoin crypto currency initially developed...
Need a Restomod Candidate on the Cheap? This 1966 Mercury Park Lane Would Do Wonderfully
22 Jun 2022, 08:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Restomodding is a rich man's hobby. Or at least, that's what we're led to believe when we see what happens when somebody goes all out on their custom build. But there are, in fact, a handful around who build up old cars on the cheap....
Hertz Settles Over Three Dozen Lawsuits at Once, Filed Phony Theft Claims on Customers.
22 Jun 2022, 07:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It was a story unlike any we'd ever seen before. The story behind the Hertz rental car company and accusations of theft made against some of their customers leading to their arrests is almost too wild to believe. But just such an event hap...
Kids as Young as 12 are Stealing Cars in This Upstate New York Town
22 Jun 2022, 06:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Syracuse, New York, is known for a couple of different things. Great college basketball, rowdy parties, and not much else of note. But recently, this cultural hub for Central New York has been embattled with a problem one would think is limited to ...
This 1968 Camaro Restomod Has an Oldsmobile Surprise in the Middle, Not the Front
19 Jun 2022, 19:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Back in 2020, the internet lost its collective mind when it got a look at a rendering of a mid-engine C8 Corvette with a modern Camaro's front fascia grafted onto it. That render is still as stunning as ever two years later. But what if we...
This Hollywood Fighter Jet Made China Do a Double Take, Now It's In Ace Combat
18 Jun 2022, 20:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / According to sources present on set for the filming of Top Gun: Maverick, the devilishly striking silhouette of the Darkstar Hypersonic Interceptor was so life-like that Chinese military spy satellites stopped whatever they were doing, then aimed t...
Ace Combat 7 Top Gun - Maverick DLC Review (PC): Does It Live Up to the Hype of the Movie?
17 Jun 2022, 17:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Well, well, it looks like Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown decided to bless us with a nice surprise. A comprehensive collaboration between Project Aces and Paramount Pictures to bring us the AC7 Top Gun: Maverick Aircraft Set DLC. Does it live up to the...
Need a Cheap Beater in a Pinch? This 1980 Mazda GLC Beats a Smelly City Bus
16 Jun 2022, 20:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There aren't all that many practical ways to save gasoline money these days. At least not without making some sacrifices. But one relatively simple way to save money on fuel is to save a ton of money on the car itself. So, for example, at just...
The Fate of the American EV Industry May Hang on the 2022 Mid Term Elections, Here's Why
16 Jun 2022, 20:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As much as we avoid talking about it at all costs, the American auto industry in Detroit and elsewhere is perpetually joined at the hip to Washington D.C. But, with the 2022 mid-term elections on the horizon, the outcome could have more profound ef...
Twin Rotor Swapped Citroen HY Van Looks Like a Fever Dream, Fast Like One Too
16 Jun 2022, 16:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We love custom cars, don't get it twisted. But after combing through every conceivable corner of the Internet, we can't help but feel like a fair bit of it just melds into one. Thanks a lot for that, every LS V8 swap ever. But every once ...
Can't Stand Traffic Jams? This Magni M-24 Orion Can Rise Above it All
15 Jun 2022, 19:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Traffic jams are a pain, right? It's as if you spend more time stuck in traffic than we do spending time with our families or engaging in our hobbies. If only we lived in a world where this 2016 Mangi Gyro M24 Orion was road legal. Then you co...
New York Begins $83 Million Megaproject to Make State's Scariest Highway Safer
15 Jun 2022, 12:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Long Island Expressway is a nightmare of an interstate. Apart from being a major travel route for all kinds of nefarious drug-running operations, its span from the NYC Borough of Queens to its border with Nassau County makes for a harrowing dai...
Nobody Needs This 1975 Pontiac Grand Ville Land Yacht, But Boy, Do We Want It
15 Jun 2022, 11:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We all love old American land barges. Don't come around here acting like you don't. Yes, they make less than zero sense in 2022. And yes, the majority are slow like molasses in January and wet themselves in fear in corners. But come o...
Minecraft Realistic Car Mod 1.19 Adds New Vehicles, Bio-Diesel, and New Road Building Mode
15 Jun 2022, 10:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Minecraft is a game for children, but that doesn't stop a whole slew of adult gamers from modding the game to high holy heaven to make things possible that would've never been before. Such is the case with the latest release of the Realis...
Generations Collide as a P-51 Mustang Battles F-22 Raptor in DCS, Winner Will Shock You
15 Jun 2022, 02:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In many ways, the F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter is the modern-day spiritual successor to the P-51 Mustang of World War II fame. The Mustang helped to write the playbook that would decades later give rise to the F-22 before the established doctrine of...