Monthly Archives: March 2014

Truckin Fast Wednesday: Ram 1500 Hemi Crushes Turbo Jetta

The Ram 1500 Regular Cab Short Bed (RCSB) pickup in the video below is far from the fastest Ram we have featured on Truckin Fast Wednesday but it is fun to watch what is likely a near-stock Hemi Ram crush a newer VW Jetta. The information for the video doesn’t have a mod list for ...

2015 BMW ALPINA B6 xDrive Gran Coupe: Better than an M6?

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BMW has announced the 2015 ALPINA B6 Gran Coupe. Scheduled to make its North American debut at the 2014 New York Auto Show, the B6 Gran Coupe will go on sale in April with an MSRP of $118,225. Equipped with a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 churning out 540 horsepower and 540 lb-ft of torque routed through [...]

Could the C8 Corvette Come out of a Reality Show?

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News of a new reality show for aspiring car designers sponsored by Chevrolet got me to thinking – could the next-gen Corvette come out of a reality show? The new TV series, Motor City Masters, will pit 10 aspiring car designers against one another on truTV testing both their exterior and interior design capabilities. The […]

Audi Sketches Out the New TT for Geneva Debut

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Audi TT. Not version one though. It looked like a flattened Beetle, cutesy, squat, and bloated, sporty only in nature and better suited for people who felt a Lexus SC430 was too aggressive looking. Jokes aside, I did enjoy the second generation MK2. With a more aggressively refined [...]

Tire Shredding Tuesdays: Lil Red Express Dodge Ram Clone Goes Crazy

This week’s Tire Shredding Tuesday clip takes a look at a 1978 Lil Red Express Dodge Ram clone doing a big, nasty burnout. Technically, this Ram does two burnouts with the first ending in an embarrassing stall of the engine but the driver makes up for it by finishing the video with a second – ...

DIY: 2005 W211 Mercedes-Benz E-Class OEM Navigation Retrofit

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I’ve been a member on this forum for a while and have benefited from all the resources shared by fellow members. Now that I have completed retrofitting a navigation system to a 2005 W211, I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to contribute back to the forum. So I took some pictures […]

Consumer Reports Hates the 2014 tC (And other Cars)

If you consider yourself a car enthusiast of any kind, you’re probably not going to factor in the opinion of Consumer Reports for any of you major automotive decisions. Their target market is a person who couldn’t tell the difference between a Fiat and a Ferrari. I’m exaggerating, but you get the idea. That’s why [...]