Benny Kirk
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BMW X6 M: The Easiest SUV to Hate in the World, Or Are We Just Jealous?
14 May 2022, 10:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The BMW X6 M is the kind of SUV that didn't really need to exist. It's a vehicle with a reputation that precedes itself wherever it goes, and for some reason it elicits judgments of the people driving them even before they've stepped...
This Classic BMX Has a Frame Made From 125 Recycled Soda Cans, Beat That, Fisker Ocean
13 May 2022, 01:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We can't hear the end of it about environmental sustainability in 2022. After years of constant exposure, you might find most of it to be disingenuous corporate hogwash. So much so that you're liable to be justifiably jaded when you do ac...
40 Years Before Polestar, Itera was Volvo's Long Lost Second Brand
12 May 2022, 03:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Excess weight is the enemy of bicycle riders as much as it is for sports car drivers. It spoils handling, makes you slower, and ensures anyone with a vehicle lighter than yours will have the edge in tight corners. That said, saving weight was the i...
Dan Gurney Eagle Monoshock: A Rare Classic BMX Endorsed by an American F1 Hero
10 May 2022, 23:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you're familiar with the name Dan Gurney, it's probably because of his reputation as, more or less, the only American Formula One Driver worth talking about, or maybe as an innovator in both NASCAR and Indycar. But a select handful of ...
Ultra Rare Schwinn Starlet Hangs From World's Largest Bike Museum's Bathroom
10 May 2022, 16:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The world's greatest museums all have one thing in common. They're all completely stuffed to the gills with wonderful exhibits. Some museums, like the U.S. Air Force Museum, need a complex hundreds of acres wide to accommodate everything....
This Ultra Rare Fiberglass Bicycle Is Worth Nearly $40,000, Here’s Its Bonkers Story
8 May 2022, 16:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Is it possible for something as mundane and lowly as a bicycle ever to be worth as much as a brand new Lexus? If so, what qualities would it possess that would make it even remotely worth such a figure? Would it be stunningly beautiful or made with...
These Antique Bicycles Became Entombed in a Tree, Now a Piece of Modern Art
8 May 2022, 05:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In a bicycle collection several thousand exhibits strong, it takes quite a bit to stand out. There are more than enough rare classic bikes on display at the Bicycle Heaven Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, than most people could ever see in one w...
HM Free-way: the Positively Adorable Solution to the First Gas Crisis
7 May 2022, 16:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You know something? One has to wonder what the world would look like if America had decided not to adopt a "no displacement for displacement" attitude to their motor vehicles. By association, you can only wonder what the roads of America ...
Meet the Marman Twin, a Breathtakingly Gorgeous Vintage Bicycle With a Boxer Engine
6 May 2022, 22:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Is it a bicycle, a motorcycle, or some odd chimera of both? Those are the kinds of questions you'll ask yourself when you see this ultra-rare, ultra-valuable Marman Twin. A very typical bicycle chassis with an especially atypical powerplant. ...
This was the World's Fastest Bicycle 30 Years Ago, Now It's Worth a Small Fortune
6 May 2022, 17:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We adore all things fast here at autoevolution. But yet, we seem to inevitably reserve most of our love for cars, motorcycles, or the occasional military fighter jet. But if you're a different type of speed enthusiast, the Bicycle Heaven Mu...
Paul Rosche Was the Heart and Soul of M Division, Time to Put Respect on the Name
3 May 2022, 21:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A short while ago, we showcased the story behind the last-minute decision by McLaren F1's chief engineer to choose BMW M Division to power what was to become the world's fastest car for the next 15 years. But there was a second man in thi...
NATOwave: a Viral Meme Bringing Allied War Machines Into Focus
3 May 2022, 16:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In wars of years gone by, word of battles was spread at a snail's pace. Sure, the daily newspapers gave most people their daily fix, the cartoon section included. But nowadays, we can do a hell of a lot better than that. This is NATOwave, a gr...
2022 BMW M 1000 RR: M Division's Spectacular First Crack at Performance Bikes
2 May 2022, 20:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / BMW puts as much stake in its motorcycle division as it does its automotive sector. But one of BMWs most prized IPs, that being M division, has always remained separate but equal to bikes in Germany's third-largest automaker. In the year of ou...
This Man Chose M-Division to Power the World's Fastest Car, the Rest is History
2 May 2022, 03:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Gordon Murray is the kind of man who takes compromises to his grand displays of engineering like a personal insult. Not because he's an unhinged rage monster like so many of his auto industry contemporaries. It's because he has a proven t...
BMW i4 M50: Proof M Division Won't Fade Away With Internal Combustion
1 May 2022, 20:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As I write this, there's an immaculate E34 BMW M5 sitting in my apartment complex's parking lot, complete with a front number plate straight from Hamburg. Who owns it? I have no idea. But after drooling over it as I drive past it every da...
LF-22 Starling: GTA Online's Take on a Feared German Rocket Interceptor
1 May 2022, 19:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Grand Theft Auto Online comes second to none when it comes to special vehicles on land, in the air, or at sea. There's a special vehicle type for just about every taste and preference from across the gaming spectrum. These days that includes w...
GAZ Chaika 14 : Limited Edition Luxury Cars the Soviet Way
29 Apr 2022, 01:33 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When you look at the playback of the iconic debate between future U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev, petrolheads can't help but get a sense that had it taken place in a garage rather than a kitchen, Nixon would...
North American T-39 Saberliner: The Capable Military Edition of a Bougie Business Jet
28 Apr 2022, 04:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Medium-sized private jets probably look like the most useless, mono-functional wastes of composite metal in the skies today. On the face of it, you may have a point. Meet the North American T-39, the militarized special edition of a medium-size...
Explorer Eddie Bauer Edition The Luxurious Flagship of the World's Most Important SUV
27 Apr 2022, 05:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Before the Ford Explorer line of SUVs was a police vehicle first and a civilian variant a distant second, Ford was aiming for a completely different approach. Though its roots were simplistic as could be, Ford's plan was to top out the Explore...
Pokémon "Pokéjets": Limited Edition Boeing Jetliners That Make You Wanna Catch 'Em All
26 Apr 2022, 22:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you're a 20-something, heck, even an early 30-something, you have one of two opinions about Pokémon and all the riff-raff therein. You either love it, or you can't stand it. Sure, there are those who are indifferent. But contemp...