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“From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks conclusions can be drawn. That goes for your private life as well as your career.” - Nikki Lauda
28 Feb 2024, 00:26 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / When it comes to US-made engines, the V8 reigns supreme, but American manufacturers have also built several iconic straight-sixes throughout the years. The straight-six engine is nearly 121 years old, and while electric power has become the wave...
27 Feb 2024, 17:20 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Co-developed with Volkswagen, the 914 was a quirky departure from the 911, and today, many people unjustly see it as a failed experiment that lacks the genuine Porsche allure. By the mid-1960s, Porsche was still a relatively young company, but t...
26 Feb 2024, 22:41 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / While there's a long list of legendary imports that were very successful in the US, in this article, we'll remember the worst. The first automobile was not conceived in the US, but that's the place where it thrived during the earl...
26 Feb 2024, 17:37 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Available in factory-built models for only two years, this iconic powerhouse is still the largest V8 ever fitted into a mass-produced Chevy passenger car. The American car-buying public's appetite for faster, more powerful models led to mor...
25 Feb 2024, 09:47 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / For more than a century, Maserati has produced many intriguing road cars. Some have become automotive icons, but others have been unfairly underrated and forgotten. Founded in December 1914 by the Maserati brothers, the company began making a n...
24 Feb 2024, 23:52 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Besides potent V8s, muscle cars became extremely popular during the 1960s and 1970s thanks to their unique looks, often bolstered by badass graphic packages. Muscle cars, or supercars (as they were initially called), emerged during the early 19...
24 Feb 2024, 23:14 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Though the idea of what we now call concept cars was still relatively new, the 1950s saw the birth of some legendary one-offs that are still fascinating today. Initially called dream cars or idea cars and often built in a single unit, these vehi...
24 Feb 2024, 17:39 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / In 1994, rulebook loophole masters Porsche shocked the motorsport world by winning at Le Mans with a mid-1980s car that hadn't been competitive in the legendary 24-hour race for over six years. Over the last 100 years, the Circuit de la Sar...
24 Feb 2024, 09:08 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / During the decades when competition cars had to be based on road-legal models, the world of rallying gave birth to some epic homologation specials, and in this article, we'll remember five of the wildest. Though not the most popular form of...
23 Feb 2024, 18:15 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / For decades, American manufacturers went by the phrase " there's no replacement for displacement," and these five behemoths embody that philosophy best. These days, the automotive industry is slowly but surely moving away from th...
22 Feb 2024, 14:27 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / While it was one of the most out-of-the-box passenger cars ever created by Chevy, the Corvair never became a Bowtie legend. However, its story could've been different had the mid-engine Monza GT made it past the concept stage. A graduate o...
17 Feb 2024, 19:29 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Now defunct, Pontiac helped kick-start the muscle car phenomenon, and thanks to these five legendary models, the brand will live on in the hearts of performance enthusiasts. Named after the Odawa chief who led an indigenous uprising around Detro...
16 Feb 2024, 10:57 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Today, the Maverick is Ford's compact pickup truck offering, but back in the 1970s, the Maverick Grabber was a sporty two-door coupe that kept the muscle car flame burning during the dark age of performance. During the 1960s, Ford rode the ...
15 Feb 2024, 19:32 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Conceived as a direct response to GM sibling Pontiac's 1964 GTO and based on the same A-body platform, the Gran Sport was Buick's first foray into the realm of 1960s muscle. Throughout its history, Buick has been responsible for buildi...
31 Jan 2024, 15:50 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / While based on the forgettable, often-ridiculed Biturbo, the Shamal was a surprisingly good high-performance grand tourer that never got the credit it deserved. Throughout its history, Maserati went through more ups and downs than any of Italy&...
30 Jan 2024, 18:49 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / If you dreamed about building an awesome car but only have basic mechanical knowledge and tools, you can turn your dream into reality with one of these impressive kits. Kit cars allowing enthusiasts to build and customize their dream rides have ...
30 Jan 2024, 14:50 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / By the strictest definition, a muscle car is a mass-produced American two-door intermediate equipped with a big-block V8. For the Blue Oval, the first model to abide by this definition was the 1966 Fairlane GT. During the early 1960s, Ford launc...
29 Jan 2024, 20:06 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Though the Malaise era can be described as a mini-dark age for American design, the dreadful period gave birth to some awesome models that have now reached legendary status. Generally used to depict American-built vehicles marketed from 1973 to ...
29 Jan 2024, 14:17 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Conceived to be a sports car that most Americans could afford, the fantastic XP-833 could've been a paradigm-shifting halo car for Pontiac, but GM management prevented it from going into production to protect the Chevrolet Corvette. For dec...
28 Jan 2024, 10:00 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Are you looking to turn the dream of owning a mid-engine sports car into reality this year but only have $30,000 to spare? Then, here are five used models that you should consider. Though used decades before in experimental race cars, the mid-en...