It used to be that the inline-six was the internal combustion engine layout jack-of-all-trades. You’d see big, long-stroke ones powering trucks of all shapes and sizes, small and high-strung ones propelling sports cars, and medium-sized...
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If, like a staggering number of American TV viewers, you witnessed yesterday’s Super Massacre, er, Super Bowl, you probably saw many of the commercials companies concoct for this annual sporting contest. Of course, if you’re...
Fewer contradictions in the automotive world (or the world, period) are as intriguing as the high performance station wagon. They manage to be commodious enough to handle the spoils of a victorious Costco run and...
Two weeks ago, we briefed you on the 10 most heinous horseless carriages ever to be kidnapped from faraway lands by Detroit automakers and foisted upon the American public. However, not all captive import stories...
Since the late 1950s, each of the three American auto manufacturers have had on-again, off-again flings with bringing in vehicles produced by either their offshore subsidiaries or foreign makes with which they have business relationships...
Although the Chicago Auto Show generally doesn’t get much love from the international automotive press, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t see any hot and significant new vehicle debuts. The 2013 rendition of the event is...
For as long as I can remember, the words ‘Jeep’ and ‘off-road’ (as in ‘vehicle’) have been pretty much synonymous — a case where the brand name has, over time, surpassed its functional description (think...
Rare is the car buff that doesn’t have at least one supercar crush. Traffic stopping looks, endless parades of aural aphrodisiacs shooting out of the tailpipes, and acceleration, braking and cornering capabilities that have the...
The 7th Annual Spring Festival of LXs is a huge gathering of LX owners (LX is the code name for the chassis for the 300, Charger, and Magnum) from 25 states and 5 countries, which...
An overwhelming majority of sources assert that the Adam of the American muscle car species is the 1964 Pontiac GTO. It was certainly the first muscle car to be marketed toward leadfooted baby boomers, but...