Monthly Archives: May 2013

NHTSA Investigating F-150 Ecoboost Acceleration Issues

F-150 Ecoboost owners that have had issues with stuttering trucks might be getting some vindication soon by means of the NHTSA. They’ve officially begun an investigation into issues after receiving 95 reports of poor performance ...

Tire Shredding Tuesdays: Epic Dodge Neon SRT4 burnout in competition

If you are going to do a big nasty burnout, the safe confines of a burnout competition is the best place to do it and in this week’s Tire Shredding Tuesdays feature video – this Dodge Neon SRT4 is putting on one hell of a show in a burnout competition. We don’t know much about ...

1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Competizione Sells for $12.7M at RM Auctions Villa Erba Sale

We got a chance to check out this amazing Ferrari at the Amelia Island Concours back in March. Bodied by Pininfarina, this was one of three works Ferraris entered in the vaunted 24 Hours of LeMans and also helped Ferrari win the Manufacturers Championship that same year. Sadly, the car was disqualified from the 24 [...]

Official: New LT1 Makes 460 hp 465 lb-ft

The crazy part is that this is for the base model Corvette. According to GM, the latest iteration of the LS will make nearly as much torque as the current Z06 while dropping .8 liters of displacement. The engine is still fairly large at 6.2 liters, but it also makes over 300lb-ft of torque at 1,000 rpm. [...]

Question of the Week: Add the Durango SRT or stick with the Jeep?

We have been talking about the possibilities of a high performance Dodge Durango SRT8 sine the newest generation of the SUV debuted a couple years ago but in the long run – does Dodge really need to offer an SRT variant of the Durango or should buyers who want a 470hp sport utility vehicle just ...

Jay-Z Gives Skylar Diggins New Benz As Graduation Gift

Content Provided Courtesy of Benz-Insider Skylar Diggins, a third overall draft in the Tulsa Shock team of the WNBA this year, was definitely surprised when she found a white Mercedes-Benz complete with a red bow just after her graduation ceremony from the University of Notre Dame last Sunday, May 19. It turned out that it was a [...]

MTI Releases Sequential Transmission For Corvette And Camaro

If you’ve ever ridden a motorcycle you know a little something about wide-open throttle shifts with a sequential box. Sure you can’t skip gears, but ripping up and down through the box is a smile-inducing exercise and no-lift shifts are simply something else–downshifts also happen in an instant. For those who’ve always wanted a sequential [...]