A race prepared semi truck is an odd site to begin with, but this Freightliner is focused on the race up America’s mountain – the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Mike Ryan is the racer behind this big rig. And this year he teams up with Gale Banks to provide the extra oomph to climb the 14,110 [...]
Are you a car guy or a car gal? Do you know your new and classic cars inside and out? If so, then this is your chance to be one of the very first people on the planet to own a brand new TFLcar T-Shirt! Just watch the video for this week’s trivia question and [...]
The 2014 model year marks the end of the 2.5 liter five cylinder engine in the VW’s lineup. Enter the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8T as the new mid grade Jetta offering. What is there to be excited about? Well, lets start with the EA888 generation 1.8 turbo four cylinder. It’s more compact and lighter weight [...]
We brought you the first spy shots of the next 2015 Nissan Titan test vehicles in March of this year. Still, Nissan remains incredibly secretive about any details or the release schedule of the redesigned truck. Competition is a fierce as ever. The new 2013 Ram is already on sale with a diesel Ram 1500 [...]
In this ‘Classics Revealed’ episode, TFLcar finds out where the 2013 BMW M6 draws its root – its grandparents. Take a look at an original German spec 1984 BMW M 635 CSi that started it all. We also take a look at a 1988 M6, which marks the first year the M6 arrived on the [...]
We received these spy photographs of two Ford crossovers running in the wild. These basically look like slightly modified and camouflaged versions of the Ford Galaxy MPV crossover, which is currently on sale in Europe. The Galaxy is a three-row crossover with up to 82 cu-ft of cargo/interior space, or about the same as the [...]
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is finally unveiled in all its glory. It’s full of “Magic” technology and classic style. It’s not a dramatic redesign, but a gentle evolution to take the Mercedes flagship into the future. Daimler AG Chairman, Dr Dieter Zetsche, calls it “the best automobile in the world”. We will have to wait [...]
Nathan Adlen files this video report from the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. This time he has his eye on LaFerrari, Veyron, Maseratis, Aston Martins, and Bentley. Nathan also discovers an unexpected aspect to the Shanghai Auto Show – Motorhomes. These mobile homes were displayed both indoors and outside. Most were from familiar brands: Mercedes-Benz and [...]
Are you a car guy or a car gal? Do you know your new and classic cars inside and out? If so this is your chance to be the very first person on this planet to own a brand new TFLcar T-Shirt. Just watch the video and let know us in the comments below the [...]
If you wanted a wind blocker/deflector for your four passenger convertible just a few years ago, you had to pay for a very expensive dealer accessory or turn to the aftermarket. The 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible offers it as a convenient and (at $500) a more reasonably priced option. This deflector neatly folds for easy [...]
Being the fastest Hybrid vehicle is a bold claim. Yes, the upcoming Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 hyper cars also have hybrid drivetrains and near 1,000 combined horsepower? They also cost more than a million dollars. In the meantime, Infiniti M35h sedan rules over all hybrids at the drag strip. Can it beat all competition [...]
The 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS follows a tried and true formula of taking a small an unassuming car and dropping a powerful engine into it. The Super Sport (SS) label of the Cobalt was sold from 2005 to 2010. It started out with a Supercharged motor, then went naturally aspirated for a year, and finally [...]
We all know that Texas loves their pickup trucks, but so does Denver? Ford defines the ‘Denver Region’ as the state of Colorado, Utah, lower Idaho, and northern Wyoming. This is a largely rural territory with a total population of approximately 9.0 million, and around 3.7 million of those concentrated within two large metro areas [...]
