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Kiwis Reach 124 MPH for First Time in Wind-Powered Land Speed Record Attempt
5 Dec 2022, 14:01 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Since the very first week of October, the division of Emirates Team New Zealand not preparing for their defense of the America's Cup has been embroiled in a quest of their own. Project Landspeed, as the Kiwis call it, is an effort by the te...
Ford's BlueOval SK Battery Park Is Quickly Taking Shape and Changing the Rural Landscape
5 Dec 2022, 13:53 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Since we first reported on the Ford Motor Company's mammoth construction project taking place in Glendale, Kentucky, back in September, a great deal has happened on site as it transforms the rural Kentucky landscape and creates jobs. When c...
There Is a HEMI in This Taxi Forcing the Meter to Run Wild
5 Dec 2022, 06:56 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Anyone who has spent any time in one of America's larger cities will recognize a yellow Checker Cab, as they were the dominant taxi cab company in the states for years. Checker Motors was the Kalamazoo, Michigan-based company that manufacture...
Activating Amazon Alexa Car Integration in Your BMW Is a Snap With This Video
4 Dec 2022, 16:46 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Sometimes getting devices connected to Amazon's Alexa can be problematic for some, but there are plenty of tutorials out there in YouTube-land that will get you up to speed with very little hassle. If you happen to be a BMW owner whose...
IIHS Proves It Is Prepared To Crash Test Ultra-Heavy Electric Vehicles
4 Dec 2022, 15:46 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has been around since 1959 and plays a significant role in evaluating the safety of vehicles with the aim of reducing injuries, deaths, and property damage by conducting crash tests. As the autom...
Asia's Biggest Yachting Regatta Returns to Thailand After Two-Year Absence
4 Dec 2022, 13:54 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, Asia's largest sailing regatta returns for a week-long series of racing in the waters of the Andaman Sea in Phuket, Thailand. The Phuket King's Cup Regatta (PKCR) is a week-long event ...
'The Surgeon' Transforms Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid Into a Work of Art
4 Dec 2022, 13:53 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / We do not normally associate the term surgeon with one applying their meticulous trade to inanimate objects. Nor would anyone need the services of a cosmetic surgeon for something that is already visually stunning. However, in the case of a part...
Ford Super Duty Sales Are Off the Charts and Climbing
4 Dec 2022, 06:39 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Since the order bank for the 2023 Ford Super Duty Truck opened on October 27, the legacy American automobile manufacturer has logged an average of 3,894 sales per day. In fact, the last five days of October saw the Dearborn, Michigan-based compa...
Rudy Valentino Lives On in This Classic Packard
3 Dec 2022, 12:13 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The first cars to roll out of the Detroit-based luxury automobile manufacturer Packard Motor Car Company came way back in 1899. By the time 1924 rolled around, Packard became the best-selling luxury car on the market and sold twice as many abroad a...
Swiss Government May Ban EV Use This Winter to Conserve Electricity
3 Dec 2022, 10:57 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Dubbed the "Ordinance on Restrictions and Prohibitions on the Use of Electric Energy," the plan is in a draft phase at present and was put together to detail restrictions on energy consumption this winter. The plan supposedly outlines ...
Ethical Hacker Finds Out SiriusXM Can Unlock and Start Cars, Got There Ahead of Bad Guys
3 Dec 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / There is no question that the more we rely on being connected, the more vulnerable we are to those without a conscience and who wish to do us harm. But there is a bright side. That is the precise reason there is a burgeoning need for ethical hac...
Luna Rossa Flips Their Foil for the Second Time While Training for the America's Cup
3 Dec 2022, 07:39 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It is beginning to seem that in order for teams to qualify to defend or challenge for the 37th America's Cup in 2024 they must first pass an initiation phase during training that includes a capsize or two Just yesterday Luna Rossa notched a...
The Panacea for Any Sailor With a Dream and a Fair Bit of Money May Be the Cure 55
1 Dec 2022, 02:40 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Most car folks out there understand what it means when one refers to a car's negative camber. It aids in cornering when you are taking to the track. Well, that term has never been used to describe a catamaran, until now! Cure Marine's ...
Rare 1965 Shelby GT350 Fastback Is Looking for a New Home
1 Dec 2022, 01:27 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / With its introduction in 1965, the Shelby GT350 played a significant part of the muscle car generation and with a limited number produced, these examples of American automotive history are tough to find in their original form. The Mecum Auction ...
How a Hurricane Devastated a Populous and Sent a 679-Ton Schooner to a Watery Grave
30 Nov 2022, 15:23 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / A powerful storm brewing in the Eastern Caribbean Sea and barreling north became Hurricane Mitch on October 22, 1998. As a Category 3 hurricane, Mitch was expected to continue on a northerly path into the Gulf of Mexico, posing a risk to Jamaica an...
Wind-Powered Land Speed World Record Could Fall to the Kiwis This Weekend
30 Nov 2022, 02:46 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / While a portion of Emirates Team New Zealand is busy preparing for the America's Cup set to take place on the water, another part of the team is preparing and hoping for no water as it takes another run at the Wind-powered Land Speed World Rec...
Spooky Replica Munsters Koach Set to Go to the Highest Bidder
30 Nov 2022, 01:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Batman came along and stole much of the audience away from The Munsters TV show in the mid-1960s, but the 70 episodes made a lasting impression on many fans despite its limited tenure. The sitcom's various sets had a slew of props that su...
Ford V8 Ushered In a New Era of Automotive History Even as the Great Depression Loomed
30 Nov 2022, 00:45 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / December 2, 2022, will be the 95th anniversary of the Ford Motor Company's introduction of its second automobile – the Model A. It would replace the wildly successful Model T that enjoyed an eighteen-year run dating back to October 1908,...
Is It a Sloop, Yawl or Ketch and How Do They Sail Upwind?
30 Nov 2022, 00:16 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Last week, we talked about different larger sailing vessels that were common in the 17th, and 18th. and 19th centuries and how they were used. While much of the same terminology is used to describe the boats of Age of Sail, technology has come to p...
Now You Can Steer the Road Ahead With a Limited Edition Hoonigan Wheel
26 Nov 2022, 08:36 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Automobile accessory company Hoonigan has joined forces with rally and cart racing gear company OMP to offer a limited-edition steering wheel. The Hoonigan x OMP COMP wheel (WRC 1979) will be sold in limited numbers and will come individually nu...