Until recently, purchasing a JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) vehicle in the U.S. was a real hassle. Our strict import laws only allow vehicles to be imported into the country after they have reached 25 years […]
Someone out there with heaps of cash will be able to add one amazing Porsche to their collection. Famed racing driver Derek Bell calls it his favorite race car, and soon it’s coming up for […]
Not surprisingly, the 2011 BMW 550i and 2011 Infiniti M56 have plenty of similarities. Both are rear-drive sedans powered by sizable V8s. In this case, both are hooked to automatic transmissions, a seven-speed in the […]
Maybe not so shockingly (pun intended), many drivers don’t know how an electric car actually works. For many, the knowledge spans as far as plugging it in, letting charge, and driving it off. It’s not […]
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has a new prediction about electric cars — they will account for more than half of all new car sales globally by 2040 and account for a third of all light […]
Not long ago my wife and I took a vacation to Savannah, GA where we were enjoying a long weekend out of town and doing a road trip review of the 2017 Mazda3 5-Door hatchback. […]
This week we’ve been hearing quite a bit about the new 2017 NSX so it got us thinking…what does the 2016 collector market look like for the first generation NSX? Prices are high and inventory […]
When you are designing a 1,480-horsepower car that can top 250 mph, cooling and aerodynamics become very important factors. That was the task Bugatti director of design Achim Anscheidt faced when drawing up the Bugatti […]
The original 300SL inspired the elegant 190SL, and the later “Pagoda” version, designed by Paul Bracq, stood out for its lithe, compact shape. The R129, launched in 1989, was the epitome of sleek modernism. But […]
The first independent test with actual qualifiable and quantifiable results of the current top three halo hybrid supercars made up of the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder has finally been done, and it’s […]
This unique Toyota 2000GT Targa has lived two lives, very much in keeping with its origin as a one-off design presented to producer A.R. Broccoli for his 1967 James Bond thriller You Only Live Twice. […]
When Ferrari’s first 250 GT Berlinetta left the factory gates in March 1956, one can only assume that the engineers that had built and designed the car had no idea of the impact the factory’s […]
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