Monthly Archives: September 2013

Jay Leno Gives Us the McLaren P1′s First Drive and Review

Jay Leno is the first person not employed by McLaren to drive the new P1, a.k.a. the McLaren F1 for the 21st century. The Woking conglomerate set out to build the best driver’s car ever, and determining from Jay Leno’s reaction after a few laps around the Top Gear test track, McLaren pretty much nailed it. [...]

Turbo TrailBlazer SS Does Huge Wheelie: Bumper Dragging Inside

OK, OK, so this isn’t a new video, but really, who cares when it’s this badass! It’s hard enough to catch some daylight under the front tires of a lightweight drag car, let alone a heavy SUV. But the laws of physics are truly bent into submission in the video. Not does the TrailBlazer SS pull [...]

Photos of the Week: BMW 3 Series Epic Fail

For this edition of Photo of the Week, we are satisfying our sadism by torturing you with images of this E90 3 Series. Why? Admit it, you have your masochistic side. These photos make one fact abundantly clear: like us, the owner of this BMW is also sadistic. There are three reasons why we can [...]

2014 Scion FR-S Gets Modest $100 Price Increase

With destination, a base FR-S will now set you back $25,355 (vs $25,255 for a 2013). The only changes include new knee pads on the transmission tunnel and door panels, plus a standard 6.1-inch touchscreen audio system. Hey, why mess with success? via [Autoblog]

Dodge Makes the 2.4L GT Engine Standard on More Dart Trimlines for 2014

The Chrysler Group made a surprising announcement earlier this week, making the 2.4L Tigershark engine that is currently only offered in the Dodge Dart GT that standard engine for the lower priced Dart SXT and Limited trimlines in addition to the performance minded GT package. The 2.0L Tigershark engine remains the standard engine for the ...

Lamborghini Cabrera Nighttime Spy Shots

We have to wait all the way until 2015 for the Lamborghini Cabrera to go on sale, so the conjecture abounds regarding details of the Gallardo’s successor. Let’s get straight to the rumors, then. WorldCarFans says a concept version of the spied Cabrera could appear in Frankfurt … That would be liable to steal the [...]

Cool Thread of the Day: 1st Gen Dakota Before and After Thread

We have looked at all sorts of pictorial threads but today, we look at a different sort of show-off thread from the 1st generation Dodge Dakota section. Rather than a simple “check in” thread or an individual project thread, this link takes a look at our members’ rides when they got them and after some ...