Over the decades, numerous Japanese automobiles originally developed primarily with the home market in mind have found second homes here on this side of the Pacific. These Americanized JDM models have existed for various and...

During automotive history’s dark ages (a.k.a. the early-1970s to the mid-1980s), fuel economy shot right to the top of many new car buyers’ priority lists, as the Malaise Era (as it has come to be...

Developing a new car is a very, very involved process that takes years. That’s a lot of time in which some rather crazy stuff can happen: The company undertaking the task of birthing the new...

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...

Though they may not be quite as popular as their exhaust-pressure-driven cousins with OEMs these days since they take some engine power to make engine power, superchargers are still might useful for giving an engine...

Well…THAT was a football game, eh? After spending the whole first half and most of the third quarter looking like they couldn’t find their collective backside with both hands, Tom Brady and his merry band...

Not to get all “get off my lawn” on you but, in our day, turbocharged vehicles were exceptions to the rule and, therefore, a big deal. So much so, in fact, that “turbo” entered mainstream...

Just when you think the vehicle tuning and customization industry has reached its apogee, another SEMA Show takes place in Las Vegas the following November and proves you wrong. Of course, not every ride that...

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...