New Volvo Trucks video: four-year-old remote controls truck into 360 spin
In Volvo Trucks’ “Look who’s driving” four-year-old Sophie subjects the Volvo FMX to the toughest challenge yet in the Live Test series. The film is a follow-up to previous global successes in the...
View ArticleSome Rally Love On A Future Road Course
I received an email sort of last minute about a unique opportunity to attend and document some rally cars out on the unpaved track that is Club Motorsports in Tamworth, New Hampshire. The vehicles were...
View ArticleRed Bull Frozen Rush 2016 is coming this week!
It’s that time of year again where an unlikely patron of Sunday River comes to visit. For two days, 900 horsepower Pro 4 trucks will take to the slopes in a display of power and agility you will find...
View ArticleRed Bull Frozen Rush
900 horsepower, all wheel drive, and huge studded tires. There’s nothing subtle about these trucks. And there’s nothing quite like it. This is the third year of running Frozen Rush at Sunday River in...
View ArticleThe Coveted V8 Engine and What Makes It So Great.
the human element: the V8 engine the sound the power the variants the impracticality of it all the technology differences the balance economy (4 cylinder modes) the environmental implications sense of...
View ArticleWhy the Manual Transmission Will Never Die
I have been wanting to write this article for some time now. It’s a subject that has come up numerous times on every automotive forum you can find. Whenever I hear someone say the manual transmission...
View ArticleThe Coveted V8 Engine and What Makes It so Special
In this week’s installment of the Human Element, we will be discussing the allure of the V8 engine despite the fact that there are more efficient and practical applications out there. Because after...
View Article7 questions on the new 2017 Camaro 1LE
Left is the SS V8 1LE and right is the all new V6 1LE. Photo courtesy of Chevrolet Ever since I saw the debut of the 2017 Camaro 1LE at the Chicago Auto Show, I was instantly attracted. As specs on the...
View ArticleXtreme Xperience Kick Off Event At NOLA
The event started off with rain. But when rain is measured in feet rather than inches, you have to some times reschedule. And unfortunately that was the case for the original kick off event date...
View ArticleThe Ridiculousness of This Rolls Royce Is Well, Ridiculous
While cruising through some youtube videos I stumbled upon a title that said “Blown Rolls Royce-74”. OK, you have my attention. What I saw next was a cross between Mad Max and Driving Miss Daisy. All...
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