This week’s Truckin Fast Wednesday feature takes a look at an awesome regular cab 2nd generation Dodge Dakota pickup in action on an eighth mile drag strip – with a resulting time of 7.29 miles per hour. A simple conversion shows that this Dakota would be capable of running in the 11.30 range in the ...
The Porsche 911-fighting Mercedes Benz C190 a.k.a. AMG GT, a.k.a. SLC may succeed the SLS AMG, but it will not be its official successor … let’s face it, how can a sports car succeed a supercar? That’s like replacing David Letterman with a local cable-access personality to host the Late Show. AMG’s former CEO Ola […]
T-tops are cool. No one will dispute that aside from the purists who feel that t-tops are “extra weight” and “have no place on a race car.” Normally i’d disagree, but they might on to something. The owner attached a Go-Camera to his Camaro’s top to capture what should’ve been a decent race. What he should’ve [
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So the Scion xB is awesome at ferrying people and their crap from place to place. After all, it’s a giant box on wheels. If it wasn’t able to do at least that, no one would want one. Surprisingly, the xB is especially adept at hauling pizza. There’s a weird little shelf on the passenger [
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Even though the most iconic tree in North American motor sports fell to the ground in early July of this year, the next ALMS event will keep its name. A thirty-five car field will take the green flag at Virginia International Raceway for the Oak Tree Grand Prix this weekend. In P1, Muscle Milk/Pickett Racing [
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Obviously the same government regulations that impeded straight-line performance for the fourth generation of America’s sports car also limited competitors cars as well. Dave McLellan, Corvette’s chief engineer from 1975 until his retirement in 1992, understood the impact strict CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) and safety government regulations dictated, and though challenging, he recognized that […]
A couple of months ago, we ran a story on Mercedes Benz’ AMG inking a deal with Aston Martin to supply engines. And while AMG has supplied engines to other manufacturers in the past, we wondered if it’s such a good idea as Aston Martin could pull sales from cars such as the Mercedes SLS. […]
