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3 Nov 2021, 00:19 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This kind of car shows a distinct personality and provides more than just a strong image of a legendary vehicle; it is that kind of build that can express its feelings. After the Great Depression, car companies started to get back on their feet,...
2 Nov 2021, 13:58 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / For my first skiing lesson, the trainer told me that you can't gain confidence in sliding before knowing how to stop, and I still owe him a few drinks for that. It's the same situation with a tuned car: you can't get confidence in it...
2 Nov 2021, 12:10 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Lingenfelter was a long-time specialist for prepping Corvettes, and it was a complete surprise when it showed up with this monster Viper that could eat the track-oriented Ferrari 360 Challenge for breakfast. Back in the early 2000s, any car that...
1 Nov 2021, 12:10 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Tuning the car in an old-fashioned way in your garage might be done even today. That would work up to a certain level, where a skilled professional mechanic will have to step in. But up to that level, it is a job that two pairs of hands and a compl...
31 Oct 2021, 23:27 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This early roadster from Porsche history was famed for two things: performance on the track and the death of James Dean. But it was the 90-units limited production that made it such a desired vehicle and with so many replicas. With the Porsche 5...
31 Oct 2021, 09:57 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / With a kill ratio of 19 to 1, the NA P51 Mustang was one of the most-effective warbirds in WWII, cleared Europe's sky, and paved the path for the V-Day in 1945. This is the story of one of the most famous American aircraft ever made. Despit...
30 Oct 2021, 08:46 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / After Hitler dismissed the 1919 Treaty of Versailles' prohibition on aircraft production, he quickly announced a call for a warbird and, despite all odds, Messerschmitt won against Arado, Heinkel, and Focke-Wulf. This is the story of the most ...
29 Oct 2021, 14:43 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / When Nazi overlords favored the Messerschmitt factory over the Focke-Wulf, it was another mistake that made them lose air superiority, and especially the Battle of Britain. Feared by Allied pilots, the Focke-Wulf FW-190 was also a respected airc...
28 Oct 2021, 13:31 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / It was unusual, and it still is, for a mass-market car producer to create a vehicle designed for enthusiasts. Still, Honda took the challenge, created the first Japanese supercar, and admitted that it was an experiment, hiding that in plain sight: ...
27 Oct 2021, 11:16 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / An electric car was considered a curiosity on the streets a while ago, and nowadays, you can't leave the house without seeing one. But these vehicles have their major downside: charging time. Cars with bigger batteries are a relief for thei...
27 Oct 2021, 09:53 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Honda Performance Development (HPD) prepared a booth with seven vehicles for the 2021 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and it will spark the imagination of various tuners around the world with the improvements brought to its hottest Civic Si. Also, the carm...
26 Oct 2021, 16:36 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Back in the early '80s, Americans didn't have a proper, mid-ship engine, supercar. Sure, we had the 'Vettes, the 'Stangs, the Firebirds, and so on. But there was no proper supercar built by an American brand with the engine moun...
26 Oct 2021, 09:07 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Ask your children what car they would like to drive tomorrow, make them draw it today, and in a few years, that dream might become a reality thanks to the Toyota design contest reserved for kids. In 2004, Toyota started this project not knowing ...
25 Oct 2021, 20:00 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / As of today, October 25, many areas in the UK have become a no-zone for older cars. A Land Rover specialist found a way to make the old SUVs less polluting and helped their owners drive them in areas where they wouldn't be allowed otherwise. ...
23 Oct 2021, 22:25 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / We already saw a few engine conversions and swaps of all kinds, but this Japanese warrior grabbed our attention when we saw that it doubled its number of cylinders and tripled its displacement. It's not a common sight by any means. When Hon...
23 Oct 2021, 08:25 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / While it wasn't the first jet-engined aircraft that flew, the ME-262 was the first operational jet-fighter. So many technical and political troubles struck its development that it began its career as a fighter plane way too late to make a diff...
22 Oct 2021, 13:31 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / While it looks pretty profitable to own a towing company, including because you can claim ownership of many abandoned cars, the truth is that most of those relics are just junk worth less than the value of their topped-up tanks. Towing companies...
21 Oct 2021, 14:14 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Most of the time, cars abandoned on private properties are no longer in running order, and are so cheap the owner doesn't even care to fix them anymore, as these wrecks might not deserve a second chance. But there are also other things to cons...
20 Oct 2021, 13:36 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Ever since we started this series of articles about how to title an abandoned vehicle, we told you that Vermont is a very good place to live in, and now we'll tell you why. Also, in Virginia, local authorities understood that by helping people...
19 Oct 2021, 15:55 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Even nowadays, it is impossible for anyone who knows a bit of military aviation history to not recognize the famous Supermarine Spitfire from WWII, the aircraft that fought in the Battle of Britain, pushed back the mighty Luftwaffe (German Air Forc...