Although a Chinese-owned consortium calling itself National Electric Vehicle Sweden is supposedly working on restarting Saab car production with an all-electric version of the most recent 9-3, the quirky Swedish marque is, for all intents...
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We have at least a passing interest in alternate history. (Before you say anything, Dungeons and Dragons is still way nerdier.) It’s fun to think about how different the world would be if just one...
The term “parts bin special” is typically used as a pejorative within gearhead circles, a descriptor of vehicles developed on the cheap by taking a bit of one model and injecting it with some DNA...
Poll most petroleads for their opinion on front-wheel-drive , and an overwhelming majority will use terms like “lame,” “dull,” “understeer,” torque steer,” “I’d rather chew steel wool,” and so on. Yet automotive history has proven...
The car biz, in case you haven’t figured it out by now, is both incredibly fickle and hellaciously expensive. Nowadays it’s not uncommon to hear about a manufacturer spending 10 figures to bring a new...
For an automotive nameplate that has, for much of its life, been positioned as a sensible, blue collar one, Chevrolet sure has built a heaping butt-ton of performance models. Names like Nova SS, Chevelle SS,...
Concept cars get plenty of attention from gearheads (ourselves included), but did you know motorcycle manufacturers occasionally build concept bikes? Makes sense, right? Well Motus – an Alabama-based builder of sport-touring motorcycles – has built...
Although not part of the international auto show circuit per se, Monterey Car Week (the annual motoring festival anchored by the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, plus numerous other concours,...
More than a few people think supercars are an endangered species. All the concerns about flaunting wealth inequality and using lots of gas are just some of the forces conspiring to make these most athletic...
It used to be that, when customizing a car, the only rendering of the final product you had to work with was in your mind. Maybe you had a simple hand-drawn sketch, or a photograph...