Monthly Archives: October 2013

Muddy Mondays: Power Wagon Ram Tests a Snorkel in Deep Water

While watching a Ram truck slip and slide through some thick, squishy mud is among the most amusing aspect of offroading, dealing with deep water can also be a serious obstacle when storming through the wilderness – and that is where a snorkel intake comes into play. A snorkel air intake moves the intake point ...

Audi R8 Races Ninja ZX10R and GGSXR1000 on Brazilian Highway

Let me just preface this by saying that this is dumb and dangerous. I can’t pretend that it’s not. I mean, we do feature a good bit of street racing, but most of the time those races are pretty short and generally aren’t on crowded highways. This is the opposite of that. The dude in [...]

Scion iQ: Road Trip!

Scion was launched as a company that builds relatively small and practical, economical cars. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, Scion introduced the iQ, its smallest offering, to the US market in 2010. Obviously, there is a reason that city cars are so small—parking spaces are rare and tight, streets are cramped, and the ability to [...]

This is the World’s Smallest V-12

Nerds, prepare yourself. You’re about to experience something special. Small engines are typically boring… Until you make them really small. We’re talking like 12ccs. This is what happens when engineers have too much time on their hands. There is no reason for this miniature V12 to exist besides the world needing more awesome in it. [...]

What do You Call the Ultimate Super Duty? The “Ultimate Super Dirty”

Ford F-250 Ultimate Super Dirty Featured

For this year’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road Ultimate Adventure week, the publication has built the ultimate off-road F-Series Super Duty pickup. The Blank Canvas: A Ford F-250 Super Duty Regular Cab Long Bed equipped with a ...

Is This the C7 Corvette Stingray’s First Encounter with Law Enforcement?

The Corvette Stingray is one powerful car. Just ask “yuri_Stingray” who was among the first customers to receive their new C7. Unfortunately for Yuri, he picked the wrong road to test his new “headers and tune” modifications and now has to pay a hefty fine. Here is what Yuri posted on the Corvette Forum: Learn [...]

Question of the Week: Do You Think That Chrysler Will Kill Dodge?

So a few months back, there was an unsavory rumor floating around the automotive world that the Chrysler Group was planning to kill off the Dodge brand as part of the new management’s efforts to do away with redundancies between the brands. Fortunately, Dodge brand President Tim Kuniskis made comments that seemed to guarantee that ...