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...
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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...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Shelby Cobra capturing the World Manufacturers Championship for GT cars, defeating the might of Ferrari. You can bet there will be plenty of events taking place to...
When you hear or read the name “Shelby” in an automotive context, you’re mind most likely jumps to high-powered vehicles with an emphasis on maximizing on-pavement performance. That stereotype makes the idea of a first-generation...
We don’t know about you, but we’ve always been puzzled by the existence of the modern Shelby-modified Ford Mustangs of the recent past. Yes, we get that they’re intended for people who want a muscular...
You should know by now that the Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of those functions that anyone with even a passing interest in cars and/or motorsports needs to attend at least once per lifetime....
You know, it’s been a while since we heard from Kazunori Yamauchi and the crew at Polyphony Digital regarding the progress of Gran Turismo 6. You remember Gran Turismo 6, right? The latest chapter in...
Today, in case you didn’t get the memo, is the one day of the year that our society sets aside for dressing up as someone (or something) we aren’t, going door-to-door while dressed up in...
To many car enthusiasts, the term“kit car”has a pejorative connotation. You know what we’re talking about, right? AVW Beetlebased sports car with ill-fitting fiberglass bodywork. APontiac Fierodressed inFerrari– orLamborghini-aping drag. Those sorts of creations which...
When Sony and Polyphony Digital unveiled Gran Turismo 6 back in May, there were two sizable surprises: One, it’s arriving on the PlayStation 3 rather than the PlayStation 4, and two, it’s coming out in...