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Classic 1976 Mitsubishi Jeep is a Japanese Take on an American 4X4 Heavyweight
Classic 1976 Mitsubishi Jeep is a Japanese Take on an American 4X4 Heavyweight

9 Mar 2022, 02:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You wouldn't believe the amount of money a handful of automakers across the globe made manufacturing what any American would identify as a Jeep. Then again, maybe not. Because they've been doing it for almost as long as Jeep themselves ha...

 
Cirrus Vision SF50: The Tiny Personal Jet That Inspired a GTA V Icon
Cirrus Vision SF50: The Tiny Personal Jet That Inspired a GTA V Icon

8 Mar 2022, 21:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's hard to remember a time when Grand Theft Auto Online wasn't so overly-saturated with bonkers vehicles of all varieties. This is especially true when it comes to aircraft. They have a replica of the Me-163 rocket fighter from World Wa...

 
Pete Buttigieg, the EV Industry's Man in Washington
Pete Buttigieg, the EV Industry's Man in Washington

8 Mar 2022, 17:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A short while ago, we showed you how the beef between EV mogul Elon Musk and card-carrying petrolhead Jeremy Clarkson may have played a role in electric vehicles gaining international attention for the first time. But let's be honest, to put a...

 
Coyote V8 Swapped Mustang II Turns an Ugly Duckling to a Beautiful Swan
Coyote V8 Swapped Mustang II Turns an Ugly Duckling to a Beautiful Swan

8 Mar 2022, 17:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Pinto-based Ford Mustang II was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad car. Anyone with a passing knowledge of muscle cars would be able to tell you that. But performance tuners are fickle people. When they want to modify something, it usually...

 
This 1925 Hispano-Suiza H6 is Emerging From Its French Crypt for Auction
This 1925 Hispano-Suiza H6 is Emerging From Its French Crypt for Auction

6 Mar 2022, 22:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Unless some of you are here via a time machine, none of us got to see the first golden age of automobiles, the roaring 1920s. But if you will, think of some of the famous names in the luxury car field, especially those that found their beginnings i...

 
NASCAR V8-Swapped Lamborghini Huracan Has Italian Body, But the Spirit of America
NASCAR V8-Swapped Lamborghini Huracan Has Italian Body, But the Spirit of America

6 Mar 2022, 18:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Some Europeans can't stand American cars. That's supposedly a rule to live and die by for some gearheads. They think American cars are slow, heavy, unsophisticated, and driven by barely literate people in cowboy hats while munching on che...

 
Kia Committing to the EV Truck Market, Can It Slay the Current Goliaths?
Kia Committing to the EV Truck Market, Can It Slay the Current Goliaths?

6 Mar 2022, 10:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Who'd have ever thought Kia as a company would be anywhere near as well regarded as it's wound up becoming? There was a time when Kias had a reputation so poor that even used car dealerships had a hard time selling them. Not anymore, thou...

 
Hot Pink Two-Tone 1956 Chevy Bel Air Proves Pink Is a Manly Color
Hot Pink Two-Tone 1956 Chevy Bel Air Proves Pink Is a Manly Color

5 Mar 2022, 23:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You would think a classic car dealership like MAXmotive would find itself situated on some elite piece of property in some snooty U.S. city, like Los Angeles or Miami. But no, these hearty folks call Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, their home. And th...

 
Brand New 2022 WACO Float Plane is an American Icon Reborn, Not Cheap
Brand New 2022 WACO Float Plane is an American Icon Reborn, Not Cheap

5 Mar 2022, 20:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For all their importance before and during the Second World War, not many outside of enthusiast circles have ever even heard of the WACO Aircraft Company. In truth, the moniker's been shut down and re-started a couple of times before. Thi...

 
Classic 1949 Diamond T Dump Truck is no Ford, Chevy, or Dodge, It's a Chi-Town Hero
Classic 1949 Diamond T Dump Truck is no Ford, Chevy, or Dodge, It's a Chi-Town Hero

4 Mar 2022, 21:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We bet you thought they didn't allow anyone outside of Ford, GM, and Chrysler to produce heavy-duty trucks back in the classic days of American cars. Maybe you That no other company would be allowed to build a truck in a time where the big Det...

 
General Motors EV1: The EV That Disappeared as Soon as it Arrived
General Motors EV1: The EV That Disappeared as Soon as it Arrived

4 Mar 2022, 20:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's pretty easy to get bogged down in hyperbole when talking about all the Hollywood-level drama behind the scenes in the auto industry. But if you believe one bit of it, believe this, the story behind the General Motors EV1 had as many red f...

 
Ducati's Latest EV Bicycles Give Riders a Much Needed Boost, On or Off-Road
Ducati's Latest EV Bicycles Give Riders a Much Needed Boost, On or Off-Road

4 Mar 2022, 10:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You may scoff at the idea of an electrically assisted bicycle. You may especially laugh at the idea of a famous Italian brand famous for very loud superbikes for building electric bicycles. But you ought to be less judgemental. Because if the l...

 
Muscle Car EV Conversions: Sacrilegious or a Necessary Evil?
Muscle Car EV Conversions: Sacrilegious or a Necessary Evil?

4 Mar 2022, 06:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We're petrolheads around these parts, we like V8s, we adore forced induction, and we pray not to Abrahamic gods but to the holy spirits of Shelby, Hennessey, and Mopar. So we took things pretty darn hard when it became obvious silent electric ...

 
Here's Why All-Electric Aircraft Are So Much Trickier Than Cars and Trucks
Here's Why All-Electric Aircraft Are So Much Trickier Than Cars and Trucks

3 Mar 2022, 18:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Electric cars, be it of the battery or fuel cell variety, are all the rage. Much to the chagrin of petrolheads everywhere, it really looks like this avenue is the way forward, at least as far as four wheels are concerned. The same can't be...

 
Coach Built 1932 Lincoln KB Was America’s Answer to Bentley and Rolls Royce
Coach Built 1932 Lincoln KB Was America’s Answer to Bentley and Rolls Royce

2 Mar 2022, 23:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When you think about luxury cars from the 1930s, you generally think of three automakers. Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Cadillac. Maybe Packard, too, if you're a real bookworm. But don't get it twisted. Luxury cars weren't the functional...

 
No, Hydrogen Won't Save ICE Passenger Cars, But it Might Save Race Cars
No, Hydrogen Won't Save ICE Passenger Cars, But it Might Save Race Cars

2 Mar 2022, 21:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A short while ago, our esteemed colleague Gustavo Henrique Ruffo published an editorial where he explains why swapping petroleum for hydrogen in our internal combustion engines is not the way forward for sustainable consumer cars and trucks. No...

 
Grumman X-29: Just a Prototype IRL, Deadly Fighter in Ace Combat
Grumman X-29: Just a Prototype IRL, Deadly Fighter in Ace Combat

2 Mar 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Grumman Aerospace of Long Island, New York was known for plenty of iconic fighter planes among its ranks. But is it possible the very coolest of their designs often gets overlooked? If some of the old gameplay footage from the now-defunct Ace Comba...

 
Elon Musk vs Jeremy Clarkson: The Beef That Accidentally Started the EV Revolution
Elon Musk vs Jeremy Clarkson: The Beef That Accidentally Started the EV Revolution

2 Mar 2022, 19:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's getting hard to remember a world before Elon Musk, and Tesla wasn't the undisputed most buzzworthy name in the global auto industry, bar none. But jostle your memory just enough, and most gearheads of a certain age will be transporte...

 
The Destroyed Antonov An-225 Must Be Rebuilt, Here's Why
The Destroyed Antonov An-225 Must Be Rebuilt, Here's Why

1 Mar 2022, 22:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a technological marvel of a super heavy jet cargo aircraft. It was also an astounding feat of engineering that transcended the bounds of its home nation. The apparent destruction and complete loss of the the largest...

 
The World's First Road Built Just for Cars Doubled as a Racetrack, Here's How
The World's First Road Built Just for Cars Doubled as a Racetrack, Here's How

1 Mar 2022, 17:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Americans are a people constantly on the move. Be it to work and back, cross country on vacation, or just because they enjoy the freedom of life on the road. But roads dedicated to automobile use first and everything else second had their start, no...

 

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