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Century-Old Victorian House Rolls to New Location at 1MPH the Wrong Way
Century-Old Victorian House Rolls to New Location at 1MPH the Wrong Way

22 Feb 2021, 10:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / After years of planning and at a cost of $400,000, a Victorian house in San Francisco was moved six blocks away to a new location, in order to clear the lot

 
These Are the Coolest Obscure Mercedes-AMG Models in History
These Are the Coolest Obscure Mercedes-AMG Models in History

31 Dec 2020, 21:50 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Everyone talks about 45, 53 and 63 models nowadays, but what about the less known ones? After all, AMG has been tuning Mercs for almost half a century

 
Modern Car Technologies That Aren't So Modern
Modern Car Technologies That Aren't So Modern

25 Dec 2020, 21:20 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As with many other areas of technology, some modern automotive features have been thought of well before most people think they have

 
The Ferrari F40: A Story of the Wildest Prancing Horse to Break Out of Maranello
The Ferrari F40: A Story of the Wildest Prancing Horse to Break Out of Maranello

14 Dec 2020, 08:20 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / The Ferrari F40 is arguably the greatest road car ever built: it is fast, raw and incredibly dangerous, just as a supercar should be

 
A Short History of One of the Most Popular Ferraris of All Time, the Testarossa
A Short History of One of the Most Popular Ferraris of All Time, the Testarossa

4 Dec 2020, 18:27 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / This is one of the most famous Ferraris of all time and if you were born in the '80s, chances are you had a poster of it in your room

 
Bugatti's History of Speed
Bugatti's History of Speed

18 Nov 2020, 17:13 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Bugatti has been building some of the most exclusive and breathtakingly fast cars the world has ever seen. We take a deeper look at the speed records they broke

 
50-Year Old Range Rover Wasn't the Original Luxury SUV, Says Wagoneer
50-Year Old Range Rover Wasn't the Original Luxury SUV, Says Wagoneer

12 Sep 2020, 09:58 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Jeep just presented the conceptual successor to its highly acclaimed Wagoneer line, while another premium model celebrates this year five decades of existence

 
Ford to Deliver Bronco "Untold Story" With New Podcast Series
Ford to Deliver Bronco "Untold Story" With New Podcast Series

28 Jul 2020, 14:17 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval company is looking to keep the Bronco fan bonfire lit as much as possible and now has outside the box idea for audio history lesson

 
These Are the Nissan Cars That Made the Letter Z Famous
These Are the Nissan Cars That Made the Letter Z Famous

25 Jul 2020, 07:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Nissan's sports car history is even more illustrious than its reputation for delivering great off-roaders, inventing new segments, or having a top-selling EV

 
The Ford Bronco May Have Been Called "Ford Wrangler" in the 1960s
The Ford Bronco May Have Been Called "Ford Wrangler" in the 1960s

13 Jul 2020, 11:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In addition to Wrangler, the original Bronco may have been alternately called Trail Blazer according to an official document from the Ford archives

 
Meet the Dymaxion, the 1933 Land-Air-Water Vehicle That Was Ahead of Its Time
Meet the Dymaxion, the 1933 Land-Air-Water Vehicle That Was Ahead of Its Time

13 Jul 2020, 08:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Created by Buckminster Fuller as a 4D vehicle that would help solve most of humanity’s travel-related issues, only 3 of these strange vehicles were ever made

 
Bell Proudly Flies Past 85 Years of Incredible Aeronautical Achievements
Bell Proudly Flies Past 85 Years of Incredible Aeronautical Achievements

11 Jul 2020, 13:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Bell, the company that created the first supersonic aircraft and some of the world's most renowned helicopters has turned 85 on July 10th, has virtual museum

 
Independence Day Special: What Were Americans "Driving" In 1776?
Independence Day Special: What Were Americans "Driving" In 1776?

4 Jul 2020, 12:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / From the Quarter Horse to the steam-powered locomotive, Ford Model T, and Dodge Challenger Super Stock, a lot has changed since the Declaration of Independence

 
Hybrid Vehicles: a Short History of the Alternative Drive
Hybrid Vehicles: a Short History of the Alternative Drive

17 Apr 2020, 15:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The hybrid car is over a hundred years old, with only the low price of gasoline and diesel having kept it from evolving sooner

 
Alfred Neubauer: the First “Don” of Motor Racing
Alfred Neubauer: the First “Don” of Motor Racing

2 Apr 2020, 14:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Few people are as important to the history of motorsport as Alfred Neubauer, the man who single-handedly changed the face of racing

 
How an Employee Uprising Almost Killed Ferrari – The Great Ferrari Walkout
How an Employee Uprising Almost Killed Ferrari – The Great Ferrari Walkout

18 Feb 2020, 18:10 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In the 1960s, Ferrari came close to succumb owing to a number of reasons, but the loss of some of its most critical people almost put a final nail in the coffin

 
Type 64: A World War II Ambition That Became the Ancestor of All Porsches
Type 64: A World War II Ambition That Became the Ancestor of All Porsches

30 Nov 2019, 13:10 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / The 1939 Type 64 Porsche has an undisputed place in the history of sports cars, though tainted by Nazi propaganda, it’s one of the main reasons Porsche exists

 
Antarctic Snow Cruiser Is an Impressive Case of Failed Automotive Engineering
Antarctic Snow Cruiser Is an Impressive Case of Failed Automotive Engineering

8 Nov 2019, 09:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Arctic Snow Cruiser was designed to explore Antarctica, and its chances looked good on paper, but once it was deployed, it proved highly ineffective

 
Steam-Powered Cars Gather in West Virginia, Predictably Draw a Crowd
Steam-Powered Cars Gather in West Virginia, Predictably Draw a Crowd

19 Sep 2019, 11:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Owners take their antique cars on tour, stop for a full week in Parkersburg, West Virginia and are thrilled to engage with the crowds

 
150 Years Ago, the First Fatal Car Crash Took Place in Ireland
150 Years Ago, the First Fatal Car Crash Took Place in Ireland

30 Aug 2019, 21:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Mary Ward was a famous astronomer, active naturalist, author and drawer, on vacation at her cousin’s home. He was run over by an 1860s Rickets steam carriage