Take a short wheelbase car or truck, shoehorn in the biggest motor you can find and track down a driver who’s all balls and no common sense. Sound like a recipe for fun? It was, as the above video, posted by Jesse on Just a Car Guy, demonstrates. If you’ve never seen [...] ... [Read]

I’d like to preface this blog by saying that anyone who follows what I am about to say will have my full support. For those of you who don’t know, I am a New York native. I was born in lower Manhattan, grew up in Brooklyn and have lived all over the boroughs. Most people [...] ... [Read]

The third generation Mazda RX-7, imported into the US from 1993 to 1995, is generally regarded as one of the finest handling cars in the world. Unmolested examples are rare, since Mazda’s 13B rotary motor, combined with twin, sequential turbochargers proved both difficult and costly to maintain. Enthusiasts, in their quest for more [...] ... [Read]

Hyundai has picked the upcoming 2010 New York Auto Show for the introduction of their 2011 Sonata Turbo and Sonata Hybrid models. The Sonata Turbo replaces the previous generation’s V6 engine option, providing comparable performance and better fuel economy. Pricing for the base four cylinder 2011 Sonata starts under $20k, making it among the most [...] ... [Read]

Shopping for a used Honda? Own a 2001 or 2002 Honda or Acura? Read on, because the automaker has announced a recall of 438,000 vehicles to replace a potentially faulty airbag deflator. In a worse case scenario, the deflator can shatter during an air bag deployment, increasing the driver’s risk for injury. [...] ... [Read]

I play a little game during night drives. I try to identify the make, model, and year of cars by the shape of their taillights or headlights alone. I’m pretty good. See, I have an Asperger’s-like obsession with cars and I’m rarely stumped. So when most of the cars at an auto museum absolutely confound [...] ... [Read]

Recalls, recalls, recalls… man, they’re everywhere aren’t they. Obviously Toyota has had the worst of it over the last few months, but now Honda? What the hell is going on? These two automotive giants are the ones that set the standards for quality and reliability in this country and forced our own American manufacturers to [...] ... [Read]

A south Florida woman learned the hard way that your local garage may not be the best place to take a mid-engine, rear drive sports car. Nanelle Wehmann dropped her 2008 Boxster at the local Shell station for “routine maintenance”, which apparently included high speed road testing by the station’s owner, Kenneth Kasten. [...] ... [Read]

Not all classics are old, as Ron Small’s 2006 Dodge Magnum illustrates perfectly. Like our own Mr. Angry, I’ve got a place in my heart for these cars, grossly underappreciated when new. Built on the Chrysler LX platform (shared by the successful Chrysler 300), Magnums were available in models ranging from ‘grocery getter’ [...] ... [Read]

When I first got the idea to write about cars and music I needed a way to change it up a bit. This topic has unfortunately been covered to death, so making this piece stand out was going to be a bit of a challenge. The more I thought about it, the more I thought [...] ... [Read]

Audi’s A1, their much anticipated answer to the Mini and BMW’s 1 series, will make it’s official debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show. Aimed at the growing (in the EU, at least) subcompact luxury market, the A1 will be launched with four powerplant options, including two 1.6 liter turbo diesel motors (one [...] ... [Read]

Poor Charlie Sheen: the LAPD spend so much time at his house, they may as well set up a substation there. Last night, they found his Mecedes SUV at the bottom of a ravine off of Mulholland Drive; coincidentally, he reported the car stolen about the same time. On the plus side, the actor’s OK [...] ... [Read]

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be “Bond, James Bond”, then you are far from being alone. Every man who as ever watched a James Bond movie has walked out of the movie theater or maybe just got up off the couch thinking, “Damn I wish i was that cool.” [...] ... [Read]

There was once a time, before minivans and SUVs, when full-sized vans ruled the streets. Ford Econoline, Dodge Tradesman, ChevyVan, GMC VanDura: these names were the stuff of legend. Outlandish airbrushed murals, most with some kind of sci-fi theme, graced the sides of these rolling motel rooms. Shag carpet, disco balls [...] ... [Read]

It has ten wheels, four-wheel steering, two small-block Chevy V-8s, and a host of Citroën DS parts. It’s the PLR, a monstrous contraption created by Michelin in the ’70s to test truck tires. The thing weighs more than 10 metric tons and is capable of sustaining speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. And it [...] ... [Read]

By Chris Chipello The Schulich School of Music’s Golden Violin Award for 2009-2010 goes to violinist Aaron Schwebel. The 21-year-old undergraduate is the fourth winner of the $20,000 award, presented annually to a top McGill string player who is close to completing studies and has shown the potential for a successful performing career. Schwebel is in the [...] ... [Read]