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The Incredible Saga Of The Lost Antarctic Volkswagen Beetles
Normally, when planning an expedition to Antarctica, you might look for a beefy vehicle for wandering the great wasteland of snow and ice. Something like the building-size Antarctic Snow Cruiser, or the tough Soviet-made Kharkovchanka. You’d probably over look, say, a 1960s Volkswagen Beetle. Rutledge Wood Customized His Super Basic 1981 VW ‘Caddy’ Pickup Interior […]
Shortened Volkswagen Bug, Whale Isuzu, Gyrocopter: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Photo: Facebook Marketplace This is an entirely normal Grand Prix GT from the year of our lord 2001. Yeah, like the space odyssey. It has a side-3xit exhaust, massive Goodyear Eagle tires, a full roll cage, and two seats — just like every other Grand Prix. I swear, mister DMV employee sir, this is the […]
Nearly A Fifth Of IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Cars Are Electric
Image: Hyundai Ahead of the 2024 model year the IIHS stepped up the requirements for its highest Top Safety Pick+ award. Previous winners aren’t grandfathered into the award and must increase their safety standards to continue to be sold as a TSPP awarded automobile. Notably, this year the independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated […]
Volkswagen Needs To Make The 550-HP Electric ID.X A Reality
Photo: Volkswagen Volkswagen has been offering electric cars in America since the launch of the ID.4 electric SUV back in 2020 and, while its EV lineup is due an ID.Buzz-shaped shakeup soon, it’s not the most exciting battery-powered range out there. All that would change, however, if the German company decided to make this, the […]
Mercedes Will Build A Mini Electric G-Wagen For The U.S.
Good morning! It’s Friday, September 8, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. What Recession? Car Companies Insist Everything Is Fine 1st Gear: Mercedes Minimizes The G-Wagen When Mercedes unveiled the […]
These Are The Cars You Say Had The Worst Engines
1979-1982 Monte Carlo, Malibu, Checker, Impala, Caprice. Let’s introduce you to the 4.4L (267 ci) Small Block Chevy The best first gen SBC is the 350/5.7. The 4.0 Bore works well for the engine producing good power, low emissions and decent (for the time) fuel economy when properly setup. SBC with the 350 were good […]
These Are All The Automakers Who Will Be Using Tesla’s Charging Network
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) One of the biggest hurdles to widespread EV adoption in the United States is a lack of a capable charging network that any automaker can use. Where you can fill up your gas-powered car at just about any gas station, the EV charging world is littered with multiple charge point […]
The VW ID. GTI Is An Electric Hot Hatch We Probably Won’t Get (Update)
VW is pressing forward with its plans to become one of if not the top EV manufacturer in the world. The brand plans to launch seven all new EVs in the next three to four years. That means everything is going electric, even performance cars as we recently saw previewed with the VW ID.GTI concept. […]
The MK8 Golf R and GTI Are Great, But The MK7 GTI Was An Instant Classic
With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They’ll continue building MK8s but the manual is the transmission to consider here. Joe Pantoliano ‘Accidentally’ Learned How to Handle Hills […]
Toyota Starlet, Honda Civic Type R, Kawasaki Ninja Race Bike: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Photo: Facebook Marketplace Everyone should, at some point in their life, own a deeply sketchy tuner car. Something with a massive turbo, aftermarket gauges that block the stock ones, mismatched wheels, and a rebuilt title. It should be a rite of passage, like those countries that make you do a year of military service when […]