Monthly Archives: February 2014

Mopar Muscle Thursday: Super Slow Motion Dodge Challenger Wheelie is Pure Awesomeness

The actual launch shown in this week’s Mopar Muscle Thursday by the vintage Dodge Challenger probably only took about 2 seconds in real time but super slow motion spreads it out across 39 seconds. During those 39 seconds, we get an absolutely incredible look at what goes on during a huge wheels up launch as ...

Tales From SRK: Freeway Free-For-All

This is another video from the guys at ThirdHonk.com, and it’s a good one. There’s a lot of just good, old fashioned roll racing on empty highways. Most of these cars can boogie. The only one that’s a little dubious is that Eclipse. Apparently it has “400 horsepower” and “walks c6 Corvettes.” Yeah… Not seeing [...]

Cool Thread of the Day: 2g Dodge Dakota V6 to V8 Swap

V8 powered trucks like the Dodge Dakota generally demand a higher price than V6 models but with an abundance of V8 engines in salvage yards around the country – swapping the stock V6 for a more powerful V8 is a great solution for those V6 Dakota owners looking for a project. DF member varsis went ...

Exactly What Makes the Corvette C7.R Racer Beastly?

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Something I really enjoy whenever reading/hearing/watching anything from GM’s media bank is just how geeky their engineers get in their interviews. GM really seems to enjoy mixing their engineers in with the marketing folks. It’s a subtle distinction that we can appreciate when these uber-geeky technical moments come out among the marketing releases and emotional [...]

TopCar Trims the G65 AMG with Appropriately Predatory Crocodile Leather

I know what you’re thinking. “Man, I love the G65 AMG… But it just doesn’t have enough leather from apex predators in it. I mean, how will my friends know I’ve made it if the material they’re sitting on wouldn’t try and eat them if it were alive?” It’s a common worry. Luckily, friendly Russian […]

Road & Track Drives the 2014 Audi S4, Takes Notes

So many cars, so little time. Sometimes Road & Track has to make its reviews short and sweet. The magazine did just that with the 2014 Audi S4. The all-wheel-drive sedan gets high marks for its interior (an area in which Audi is a perennial overdog), balanced chassis and value and the thrust from its [...]

Bugatti Sitting On $85M Worth of Veyrons

Here’s an interesting bit of information and perhaps a nice chunk of news for the ballers. Famed hypercar manufacturers, Bugatti (and undisputed king of automotive opulence) is reported to be sitting on a total of 40 Veyron Grand Sports. That’s about $85 million of inventory. Sprinkled within the announcement are a couple bits of good and [...]