Within the realm of aviation history are some of man’s finest innovations concerning altitude, speed, and general design and engineering. Of those, there is one series of planes which was undoubtedly one of the finest creations ever. The Blackbird has one amazing story. Designed as high above airspeeds ever before experienced in more than 45 […]
Some the most fascinating car stories are about vehicles that were never meant to truly exist. The Ford GN34 certainly falls into this category, as a special project from the 1980s meant to fulfill Fords ambitions of creating a genuine mid-engined supercar that could rival the likes of Ferrari, while still managing to be more […]
The worldwide market for hybrid and electric vehicles is evolving as innovations in engineering, scaled production and platform development are making these high-tech vehicles more accessible. Geely’s sub-brand, Galaxy, has arrived to the middle of this wave with the Starshine 8, a sizable PHEV saloon, pushing traditional notions of a cheap car and offering more […]
Amid the growing uncertainty of the US new vehicle market new policies on imports could redefine not only the models on offer but also the prices we’ll pay for a European. For decades luxury SUVs by European marques have become the back bone of the American premium car market; with buyers being drawn into European […]
From the enthusiast perspective of the driver, there is very little which can compete with the hands-on feedback from a real stick shift or an honest manual. Even from the feedback and process involving operation of the clutch and shifting of the gears through the column shifter, automatic transmissions offer a unique driving sensation which […]
Plymouth arrived into the muscle car era with a bit of a leg up: they were Chryslers’ dedicated high-performance brand. This freed Plymouth’s engineers from being shackled with building expensive luxury cars and allowed them to focus on building hot rod road racers which could challenge anyone on the street or at the strip. A […]
No matter if you consider them dream cars or exotic dream cars, luxury performance automobiles typically push the boundaries of speed and cutting-edge style and technology; few on the earth get the opportunity to push certainly any kinds the wheel of a vehicle when new off the dealer lot, which nearly often is available along […]
More than just a synonym for speed and performance, throughout its illustrious and decades-long existence the Chevrolet Corvette mirrored and shaped the evolving trends of the American automobile industry-from new engineering hurdles and regulatory environments to a continually changing American taste. Few consumers recognize it outside of the milestone production iterations, but many of the […]
Often thought of as being Lightweight muscle cars, compact coupes that blew the competition out the door on the strip and the road to achieve glory of American muscle the performance car could be found in. However amongst those greats was also the Ford Galaxie 500 an engineering excellence. In my opinion one of the […]
There are so many interesting cars in motorsport history that are not remembered for wins, but for not being able to win. The ’70 Ford Torino King Cobra is among the few that fall into that category. The King Cobra was constructed during NASCAR’s so-called “Aero Wars,” when Ford was looking to gain a competitive […]
