Is it a bird? Is it a car or is it a plane? The Terrafugia Transition is not world's first flying car but it might just be the one that actually takes off as a real business venture. The FAA has just granted an exemption which lets the 1,440-pound car (or is it aircraft) hybrid [...]
It is the baddest truck in the land. The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is about as close to a race truck as you can buy from your local Ford dealership. It was built…well…we're not really sure why it was built because it is completely and utterly impractical for most daily use as it was designed [...]
It doesn't make a lot of sense, but very little does about Tesla Motors so why should the companies Initial Public Offering be any different. Tesla motors has sold only about 1000 very expensive two-seater all electric Roadsters. The company has yest to make a penny of profit after years of developing and selling cars. [...]
Most modern crossover vehicles (CUVs) are not really designed to go off-road…at least not much beyond a dirt road. But that's certainly not the case with the Suzuki Grand Vitara which still retains the classic SUV body architecture. In fact, most small CUV are built just like cars and would (and could not) handle the [...]
It wasn't all that long ago that we had a hot four day fling with the 2010 Bentley Continental Suspersports. With a twin turbo W-12 6.0L engine that produces 621 HP, the Bentley is certainly ready to rock your world. Luckily, our passionate love affair also included a one day ménage à trois with a [...]
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb proved again that the mountain is still mightier than the men. Japan's Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima and Suzuki took the race victory (for the fifth consecutive time) in the unlimited class with a winning time of 10:11.490 in the race to the clouds. However both Tajima and pre-race earlier favorite [...]
If you were to ask 10 race car drivers if they wanted and/or needed more time to get their car ready and set-up before a big race, chances are that 10 out of 10 would say yes. But at this weekend's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Rhys Millen's back is really up against the wall. [...]
Toyota announced today that it is recalling 17,000 2010 model HS 250h hybrid sedans after Federal officials discovered that gas can leak from the hybrid in rear impact collisions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tested the car and discovered a potentially dangerous amount of gasoline leakage during rear end collision test which could lead [...]
Ten Minutes doesn't seem like such a long time, but it can be an eternity when flying skywards in a custom built race car with about 800 HP up one of the America's tallest mountains. The 88th annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs has two longtime racers battling it out to get [...]
48.5 mpg…that’s what the stock V-6 Mustang managed to average as Ford put on a challenge to promote the car as well the car’s 31 mpg (as rated by the government). Ford said it was trying to break 1000 laps at the Bristol speedway, and the car actually managed to go 1,457 laps on the [...]
"Brake, brake, brake you fat gray beast," I screamed flying into the corner at about 95 miles per hour in a all new 2011 Sienna Minivan. The race track rules were simple: Two wheel off the track and you get to cool your heals for about a half an hour in the penalty pit. Four [...]
Are you itching for a new Mustang, but you don't have the extra cash to buy one? Well, here's your chance to win a V-6 Mustang. The catch? All you have to do is guess how many laps the new V-6 Mustang will do around Bristol Motor Speedway on a single tank of gas.
It's called Cadillac Premium Care Maintenance and guess what? Yes, it's a free maintenance program for all 2011 Cadillac models for four years or 50,000 miles. But you probably guessed that…what you may not know is that GM is trying (and succeeding) in out-maintaining Lincoln which recently announced it would offer free maintenance for three [...]
You've probably seen adverting in restaurant bathrooms, and of course some professional athletes are wearing their sponsors logo tattoos on their bodies, but now California is considering taking advertising to the next frontier…your car's license plate. Desperate times call for desperate measures so with California facing a $19 billion dollar budget shortfall, Senate Bill 1453 [...]
