Monthly Archives: October 2013

Confirmed: Mercedes-Benz Working on BMW X6 Competitor

Mercedes-Benz brass has confirmed to Car and Driver that they will be introducing a new crossover based on the ML-Class that will compete with the BMW X6. Your guess is as good as ours regarding what they would call this thing, but “MLC” is a good start at name speculation. For many, cars like the […]

Shift S3ctor Gathers All Manner of Fast Cars on Central California Airstrip

This past weekend, Shift S3ctor held its fourth Airstrip Attack (1/2 mile, side-by-side racing and trap-speed competition) at the New Coalinga Municipal Airport near Fresno, California. Note: Don’t let the airport’s name fool you. It was built in the late 1990s, so it’s not really that new. “New” differentiates the facility from the original Coalinga [...]

Opulence, the Orange County Auto Show Has It

The recently concluded Orange County Auto Show has quickly become one of my favorite manufacturer driven auto shows, largely due in part to the willingness of local dealerships, like Lamborghini Newport Beach, to bring out their best vehicles for everyone to enjoy. New to this year’s show was the duPont Registry Live experience; a collection [...]

Black Fridays: 2g Cummins Ram Rolls Coat on the Dyno

There is just something special about watching a truck roll coal in a confined space and for this week’s Black Friday feature – we check out a 2nd gen Dodge Ram 3500 filling a room in the dyno shop with thick, black diesel soot. We can see exhaust removal piping hanging from the ceiling but ...

Photos of the Week: BMW X5 M Sitting on Rennen Forged R8 Wheels

E70 BMW X5 M on Rennen Forged R8 Wheels Featured

These Photos of the Week came from forum member “BigVic” over at our sister site MBWorld.org. These are images of his wife’s BMW X5 M equipped with Rennen Forged R8 X Concave step-lip wheels. The Rennens are wrapped in Pirelli P ZERO Scorpions. BigVic drives a W211 E55 AMG with Rennen Forged R5 X Concave wheels — you can check out his [...]

Is This the First Customer-Owned 2014 Corvette Stingray Crash

Well that didn’t take too long. It’s been less than one month since the first Corvette Stingrays started being delivered to customers when this picture of a crashed Velocity Yellow 2014 Corvette Stingray shows up this afternoon on reddit. It’s not like this is the first time we’ve seen a 7th generation Corvette Stingray involved [...]

Photos of the Week: W211 E55 AMG with Rennen Forged R5 X Concave Wheels

Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG (W211) with Rennen Forged R5 X Wheels Featured

These Photos of the Week come from forum member “BigVic” who says he once subjected himself to driving a $2,000 car after sacrificing everything to start his company. It looks like his sacrifice paid off because he just slapped some Rennen Forged R5 X Concave wheels on his 2005 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG. He even bought a […]