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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It wasn’t that long ago that Ford refused to send any of its Euro-sourced hot hatches to our side of the Atlantic; now they’re selling two over here, with a third – the Focus RS...
The story of Ford’s conquest of Ferrari and the rest of Europe’s best at sports car racing’s highest level in the late 1960s is widely known. However, not quite as many people seem to be...
Dodge’s blower-whine wonder twins – the Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcat – easily rule the modern OEM-built muscle car roost. However, if you include aftermarket tuners in the mix, the demonic Dodge duo’s...
Back in January, when Ford rolled out its new EcoBoost V6 powered GT supercar, we mentioned that an announcement concerning a factory-backed racing program – including a return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
One of the undisputed stars of last November’s Los Angeles Auto Show was the 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang, a model with a legendary name that’s essentially taking over from the two previous-generation mega Mustangs,...
Throughout the first half of the previous century, pocket-sized toy cars were few and far between. That changed in 1953 when the British manufacturing firm Lesney Products introduced its first Matchbox vehicles. The idea came...
As eager as we are to get our paws on the new Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang and its yummy flat-plane-crank V8, part of us wishes that Dearborn was also doing a new GT500 with more...
Classic cars that have reached collector status are easy to spot because, well, they’re the ones that show up the most often and bring the most money at auctions, specialty dealerships and other sellers. But...
Almost exactly one year ago, we brought you 10 of the most tasty-as-Timbits Canadian car market curiosities ever to cruise under the maple leaf flag. Today, in honor of Cinco de Mayo (which is not,...