Benny Kirk
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This 1996 Audi Cabriolet Could be a Devil or an Angel Depending on the Service Records
18 Oct 2022, 20:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A dear friend of mine used to own a 1995 Audi Cabriolet. When recalling her ownership experience, she said in no uncertain terms it was the most fun car she'd ever driven. Right up until the engine blew up after a year, and it had to be crushe...
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero Was Slain by the Hellcat, This Survivor's Got an American Engine
18 Oct 2022, 19:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It'd be a little bit of hyperbole to say the Grumman F6F Hellcat single-handedly gave the U.S. military air superiority over the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Vought F4U Corsair played a huge role as well, of course. But it can't b...
78 Years Ago, the British Loaned the Americans Their Best Jet Engine, Immediately Broke It
18 Oct 2022, 16:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There are a few misconceptions about the earliest history of the jet-engined fighter plane. It usually goes something along the lines of this. Firstly, there's a belief that the Germans were five to ten years more technologically advanced in i...
Mercedes Teams Up With Apple Music and Universal for the Next Gen of Premium Car Stereos
17 Oct 2022, 15:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Anyone who knows anything about Apple knows how ferociously they keep their technology to themselves. So for Mercedes-Benz to have the blessing of the first-non Apple product to feature their Spatial Audio system developed in tandem with Dolby must...
This 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix Tri-Power V8 Was Owned By a Yankees Legend, Now It's for Sale
17 Oct 2022, 14:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Even if you don't care about baseball, you can at least respect the impressive car collection Major League Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson's amassed after his playing career. Jackson's been a frequent guest at some of America's...
Ubisoft Considering Title Change for The Crew 3, New Name Rumored to Be "Motorfest"
17 Oct 2022, 13:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though racing gamers in 2022 may often forget it, The Crew Series was once one of the up-and-coming stars in the genre. A defiant thorn in the sides of the Gran Turismo and Forza aristocracy. The franchise has undoubtedly faded in popularity follow...
NASA Claims the Sun is Having a Temper Tantrum, Solar Flared Eight Times in One Week
17 Oct 2022, 10:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Solar flares are as routine to our mother star as breathing and eating are to us, humans. The Sun goes through varying periods of activity and inactivity as it transits an 11-year-long solar cycle. But this past week, it appears the Sun is extra sp...
This E-110 Toyota Corolla Race Car is a Mitsubishi Evo X Underneath
16 Oct 2022, 19:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the mid-1990s, Toyota and Mitsubishi made some of JDM's best internal combustion engines. The E-110 Corolla never carried a 2J, but this highly modified E-110 built by Dytko Sport of Poland is happy to carry over a different engine from its...
This 1967 Chevy Chevelle Sleeper is Rocking a Big Block Surprise Under the Hood
16 Oct 2022, 03:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Despite the muscle car the Chevy Chevelle would have become later in its life, the Chevelle of the mid-60s was what passed for a family-friendly car back in those days. Of these models, the base 300 with the straight six engines were the closest th...
This Custom Toyota Pickup Ditched Its Modest Past for a Life of Adventure on the Trail
16 Oct 2022, 02:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Flemmings Ultimate Garage in Maryland is one of the East Coast's premier hubs for buying classic American iron of all shapes and sizes. In a proverbial sea of Shelbys, Camaros, Chargers, and Mustangs, this highly modified Toyota SR5 pickup tha...
Sweden and Finland Unite in War Thunder's Latest Update, Ready to Fight Russian Bias
16 Oct 2022, 00:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Adding Swedish vehicles to War Thunder a few years ago was one of the most invigorating moves in the game's history. Get ready for things to get even more Scandinavian in the upcoming "Fire and Ice" DLC update coming very soon. A ...
At Long Last, the M1A2 SEP "Tusk" Is Coming to War Thunder
15 Oct 2022, 23:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Players of War Thunder's American tech trees have been spoiled rotten with new content this year. The consensus is that the newly added F-14A Tomcat is one of the most fun planes to fly in the game. Much to the chagrin of all who haven't ...
This Hawker Sea Fury Fighter Plane Traded Autocannons For Racing Decals
15 Oct 2022, 03:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Aside from possibly the Grumman F8F Bearcat, the Hawker Sea Fury was the ultimate carrier-based piston engine fighter of the dying days of World War Two and the very early Cold War. With a massive radial engine and a full suite of high-caliber auto...
Forget the Escalade-V, This 1934 Cadillac V-16 Is Even More Outrageous
15 Oct 2022, 01:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With 682 horsepower worth of V8 amazingness to play with, the Cadillac Escalade-V is the most insane Caddy of the 21st century. End of the story, bar none. Nothing Cadillac has built in the last 22 years even comes close. But almost 90 years ago,...
Russian Orbital Service Station: Russia's Defiant Successor to the ISS Launching in 2026
14 Oct 2022, 22:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As of 2022, Russia is a pariah state. We need not delve into why, as the reasons should be self-evident. That said, most pariah states can't maintain a functioning space program. That won't stop the Russians from trying. Roscosmos ann...
Beriev S-13: The Forgotten Top-Secret Soviet Copycat of an American U-2 Spy Plane
14 Oct 2022, 18:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Lockheed U-2, or the Dragon Lady as its crews and pilots dubbed it, is an all-time great military airplane. As an ambassador for American air power during the Cold War, few airplanes do a better job. But what if we told you the Soviets tried th...
ZIS-6: The Original Soviet Truck Platform For the BM-13 Katyusha "Stalin's Organ"
14 Oct 2022, 04:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Just as much as photographs and museum exhibits, the sounds of war are vital to telling their stories. World War II brought humanity many new sounds. The roar of a nuclear explosion, the howl of a Rolls Royce Merlin, and the scream of a Stuka dive ...
This 1929 Buhl Air Sedan Was an Executive Airplane for Packard, Now it's for Sale
14 Oct 2022, 01:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A business jet is a prerequisite for any successful company in 2022. But in the days when flying was still somewhat of a novel thing, it took trendsetters taking the leap of faith to make this the case. The Packard Motor Car Company did so...
This Mitsubishi Fuso Box Truck Transformed Into a Badass 4x4 Overland Camper
13 Oct 2022, 21:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You'd expect something for sale on YouTube star Doug DeMuro's self-made car auction website to be some form of an exotic sports car. Though carsandbids.com has plenty of those for sale, they cover all the bases regarding four wheels and a...
Ultra Rare 1979 Cadillac Seville Grandeur Opera is a Broadway Star on Four Wheels
13 Oct 2022, 02:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Saratoga Automobile Museum is one of New York State's best-kept automotive secrets. A collection of some of the Empire State's finest classic cars from an eclectic variety of origins. But of all the American cars for sale at auction i...