Monthly Archives: April 2013

Commercial Break: E63AMG

By the time I finished watching the advertisement for the new E63 AMG, I thought about posting it into the LS1 forums. Good Lord, this car sounds like it belongs in the American Muscle family. The new super-sedan from Mercedes-Benz has three different trim levels. The base version gets a 5.5 liter twin turbo V8 [...]

Weekly Used ATV Deal: 2005 YFZ450 With Trade Potential

Each week your loyal editors peruse SprocketList in the hopes of finding someone out there a good deal on a used ATV. That said, this week’s find takes us to a place called Adel, GA. According to the ad, this is 2005 Yamaha YFZ450, adult ridden that boasts a whole host of desirable mods. Among [...]

SRT Viper mule caught near Detroit wearing older ACR rims

The other day I was cruising down the highway near Detroit when I saw the GTS Blue SRT Viper GTS test “mule” merging up ahead. While I see a great many Viper mules in my area, as I approached the metallic blue Viper from the side, I noticed that there was something unusual about this ...

Scion Pro/Celebrity Race Wraps-Up in Long Beach

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach wrapped up last weekend, and along with it, the Scion Celebrity race. They have the event every year. 2013 was a little bit different as this was the first year with the FR-S. As you might expect, the racing was far more interesting than it was in years [...]

1000hp Lightning Lives Up to its Name

I love mudding, and hauling heavy things as much as the next guy, but my heart definitely lies at the drag strip. There are few things as satisfying as watching an incredibly fast truck embarrass ...

Lexus LFA Versus Hennessey Venom Rev Battle

As far as exhaust sounds go, the LFA ranks up there at the top of the list. That naturally aspirated V10 absolutely screams like few cars do. I’d say it’s one of the best sounding cars in recent memory (right up there with the Carrera GT). That said, the LFA isn’t the fastest thing on [...]

Trivia: 1998 BMW V12 LMR

With all the great successes BMW has had in motorsport, the 24 hours of LeMans was a race the company had never won. The team started design on the V12 LMR in 1997 and for the year in which it was built, the car was quite modern in construction. The chassis was carbon fibre and [...]