Monthly Archives: January 2014

C/D’s Year In Review: Top 25

It’s a set list that looks a lot more like a season of BBC’s Top Gear than what you’d imagine gets covered with a year of reviews from Car and Driver. Luckily though, this list serves as an awesome reminder to just how diverse of a publication this industry giant is and for what it’s worth, it’s very [...]

Friday Funny: Meet Buck Owens

For this week’s Friday Funny we like to remind riders about a condition called cross-rutting. When we encounter deep ruts there are typically only three options at our disposal: Avoid at all costs, go with the flow or try to go against the grain. This week’s specimen tries the third option and discovers in a [...]

BMW says there are no Plans for an M3/M4 CSL

BMW’s product manager for small to mid-sized cars, Matt Collins recently said the company has no plans for featherweight CSL versions of the new M3 and M4. Collins told Top Gear BMW designed the F80 M3 and F82 M4 to be CSLs from the beginning. “Rather than doing a halfway house to begin with, and then rolling out a [...]

G63 AMG and G550 Rank Among 12 Meanest Vehicles to Environment

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has released a list of 12 cars and trucks that are good at being bad for the environment. The list, titled “Meanest Vehicles for the Environment in 2014” uses something called a “Green Score” to measure a car’s or truck’s environmental friendliness. Factors such as tailpipe emissions […]

Throwback Thursday: 1998 Chevrolet Camaro SS vs Ford Mustang Cobra Road Test

We’re taking it back 16 years (dang, has it really been that long?) to 1998 when GM refreshed the 4th. Gen F-body with a new look and revolutionary LS power! The new Camaro was a force to be reckoned with and was easily the meanest muscle car in the streets, but it had to push [...]

F-150 SVT Raptor Ranked among 12 Meanest Vehicles to Environment

The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor was designed to be one of the meanest trucks on the road. Ford had no intention of making its super truck one of the meanest vehicles to the environment, but according ...

Mopar Muscle Thursday: 2013 Dodge Challenger R/T Classic 0-60 Ride Along

If you have ever wanted to ride along in a 2013 Dodge Challenger R/T Classic as it launched hard from a stop and rocketed up to 60 miles per hour in under 5 seconds you are in luck as this week’s Mopar Muscle Thursday feature is an in-car view of the 5.7L Hemi-powered muscle car ...