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...
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Every new car launch is fraught with anticipation inside the walls of its maker. Odds are it will find a modicum of success, but there’s always the looming specter of it failing to rub the...
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,...
![Volkswagen GTI Supersport Vision Gran Turismo Doubles the V-Dub Pleasure [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vw_gti_supersport_vision_gran_turismo_10-335x256.jpg)
Whoa, whoa, whoa…hold on, timeout…back the truck up, Broseph. Didn’t Volkswagen already submit a concept car for the Vision Gran Turismo design festival and subsequent adding to the Gran Turismo 6 car inventory? Um, yes,...
![Tanner Foust is Returning to Formula Drift with…a Volkswagen Passat? [w/ Videos]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tanner_foust_formula_drift_passat_02-335x256.jpg)
Tanner Foust has been a busy fella in recent years, so busy in fact that he hasn’t been able to compete in any Formula Drift events since the 2010 season finale. That’s rather unfortunate, since...
As large and as lucrative as the U.S. new car market has been for virtually its entire existence, pretty much every major automaker has nevertheless kept the good stuff out of our hands on at...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCb4BhTkD0E By all outward appearances, it’s good to be Tanner Foust. The Colorado native has lucrative gigs in racing, stunt driving for TV and film, and hosting TV shows. But how did he get interested...
Plenty of automotive publications hand out “best vehicle” or “vehicle of the year” awards on an annual basis, and quite a few of those awards carry a fair bit of weight. However, if you’re a...
November brings shorter days, cooler weather and a massive culling of the American turkey population. It also brings car manufacturers from far and wide here to Southern California for the Los Angeles Auto Show. We’re...