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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
21 Oct 2023, 22:00 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Though they donned exquisite bodies with little to nothing in common with America's favorite sports car, these obscure supercars were all Corvettes underneath. When it debuted in 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette aimed to demonstrate that the US...
21 Oct 2023, 21:40 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / While high-performance versions of the first-gen Mustang were (and still are) more popular, let's take a moment and remember the Blue Oval's ultimate street fighter from the golden age of muscle cars. Retired in 1976, the Torino namepl...
21 Oct 2023, 18:23 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / If you dreamed about owning a Ferrari but don't have a six-digit budget and are willing to compromise, you can get one of these less glamorous models. Since introducing the first Ferrari-badged model in 1947, the Italian manufacturer has be...
21 Oct 2023, 08:49 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Masterfully put together by fabricator extraordinaire Jo Riley, the owner of Jo's Fab Lab, this wild daily-driven workhorse looks like a New Bug but is all Bimmer underneath. Some enthusiasts - including myself - have a soft spot for sporty...
20 Oct 2023, 21:05 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Take every single list of the greatest V8 engines ever put together, and you'll find at least two US-build units in the Top 3. However, European carmakers have also mass-produced some legendary V8s. When I say V8, the image of a bright oran...
19 Oct 2023, 13:13 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Less than two years after it was completed, the Dodge Deora became a legendary custom, an official Crysler concept, an AMT plastic scale-model kit, and one of the very first Hot Wheels die-cast toy cars. Though some may think that customizing ex...
18 Oct 2023, 18:39 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Legendary high-performance model lines like the Toyota Supra, Nissan Skyline GT-R, Subaru Impreza WRX STI, or Honda Civic Type R have spawned some legendary cars but also a range of rare, jaw-dropping limited-editions. Before the 1970s, Japan wa...
17 Oct 2023, 12:13 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Developed to continue the Blue Oval's reign of NASCAR dominance, the Ford Torino King Cobra and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II homologation specials nearly went into production for the epic 1970 model year. During the 1960s, the NASCAR Grand ...
16 Oct 2023, 15:23 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Developed in record-breaking time with few resources by a company facing extinction, the Gran Turismo Hawk was one of the finest purebred grand tourers produced in the US. Though few remember it today, Studebaker was once one of the oldest, most...
14 Oct 2023, 16:51 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Chrysler's Dodge and Plymouth often led the charge during the original muscle car era thanks to not just the timeless design of their models but the terrific high-performance engines hidden under their hoods. During the 1960s and the first ...
14 Oct 2023, 08:45 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / The Malaise era spelled the end for true muscle cars like those that hit the streets from 1964 to 1971. Though performance figures and design standards dropped during those dreadful years, some performance-oriented, V8-powered models pushed through...
13 Oct 2023, 12:48 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / With only basic knowledge and tools, you can build this Le Mans prototype-style track weapon for less than $100,000. Even better, the lightweight monster can be street-legal in the right configuration, so you'll turn heads on every corner, not...
12 Oct 2023, 11:15 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Collectively (and unofficially) dubbed the first GT2, the 993-generation 911 GT was the road-legal, air-cooled Porsche that came closest to perfection - even though it was developed with a small budget on hand. During the first part of the 1990...
11 Oct 2023, 14:52 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / A dependable workhorse from Monday to Friday and a Mopar assassin on Sunday, the El Camino SS 454 was a sport utility vehicle decades before the term was applied to vehicles that, in most cases, have nothing to do with sportiness. The El Camino...
10 Oct 2023, 12:12 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Even though 27 years have passed since the last example rolled off the assembly line, the Eunos Cosmo is still one of the most innovative production cars that Mazda has ever unleashed on public roads. Invented and demonstrated by German engineer...
30 Sep 2023, 11:34 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Any example of the rare cars in this article is worth a fortune, but because these five starred in epic movies, their value went through the roof. For some enthusiasts, the spark that ignited their passion for cars was either their dad's da...
30 Sep 2023, 07:41 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / For a chosen few, simply owning a Ferrari wasn't enough, so they commissioned the Italian carmaker to build these stunning one-off Prancing Horses. Recently, Ferrari revealed the KC23, a bonkers one-off that looks like it was created for a ...
29 Sep 2023, 23:30 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Shelby called the Mustang "a secretary's car" and wasn't very fond of it, but despite this, he transformed the plebian pony car into an automotive legend. By the 1960s, the grand tourer (Grand Turismo in Italian) was the mos...
29 Sep 2023, 14:14 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / For muscle car enthusiasts, 1970 was the model year when some of the most legendary high-performance tire-shredders were unleashed on public roads. The golden age of muscle cars started in the first part of the 1960s when drag racing (of both le...
29 Sep 2023, 10:52 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Throughout history, many of humanity's most precious masterpieces were inspired by the love for a woman. This is the case of the Dubonnet Xenia, one of the most breathtaking cars ever conceived. During the 1930s, automobiles were improving...